Table 2 Gender comparison of differences in dominant hand grip strength due to variations in different parameters

Race

 Non-Hispanic white vs. Hispanic

4.5731 kg^a

0.0409

1.5061 kg^a

0.1211

 Others vs. Hispanic

8.0461 kg^a

0.0243

4.4964 kg^a

0.0075

Age (years)

–0.4475 kg/yr^b

<0.0001

–0.2608 kg/yr^b

<0.0001

BMI

 Underweight vs. Normal

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–1.8212 kg^a

0.5370

 Overweight vs. Normal

2.9985 kg^a

0.1555

1.4989 kg^a

0.0947

 Obese vs. Normal

5.7179 kg^a

0.0503

2.1318 kg^a

0.0671

Waist circumference (cm)

0.0030 kg/cm^b

0.9706

0.0384 kg/cm^b

0.1778

Body fat (%)

–0.1199 kg/(% body fat)^b

0.4049

–0.1014 kg/%

0.1187

Income ($10,000 increment)

–0.0566 kg/$10K^b

0.8795

0.2433 kg/$10K^b

0.1375

Education (years)

–0.1034 kg/yr^b

0.6059

0.0120 kg/yr^b

0.9058

Employed

 Yes vs. No

–0.6770 kg^a

0.6782

0.4578 kg^a

0.5009

Chronic health problem^c

 Yes vs. No

–1.5912 kg^a

0.3011

–0.4255 kg^a

0.5235

General health^d

 Fair or poor health vs. Good or better health

–2.5250 kg^a

0.0945

–3.8704 kg^a

<.0001

Arthritis

 Yes vs. No

–6.5910 kg^a

0.0089

–2.4360 kg^a

0.0102

CRP (mg/dL)

0.1008 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.5909

0.0022 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.9784

Glucose (mg/dL)

–0.0212 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.2234

–0.0058 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.3646

HbA1c (%)

–0.3704 kg/%^b

0.4586

–0.2888 kg/%^b

0.2248

Uric acid (mg/dL)

–0.2043 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.7648

0.1553 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.6565

LDL (mg/dL)

0.0315 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.0859

0.0210 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.0128

vLDL (mg/dL)

0.0007 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.9817

0.0045 kg/(mg/dL)^b

0.8264