BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 The strength of hands and fingers and characteristics of participants

From: Effect of the level of manual performance disability caused by exposure to vibration among sailors working on sailing speed vessels

variables		Grip strength		Pinch strength
variables		Dominant hand	No Dominant hand	Dominant hand	No Dominant hand
Age	Coefficient	−0.08	−0.09	0.06	0.49
Age	‌P-value*	0.94	0.39	0.60	0.66
Work experience	Coefficient	0.01	−0.05	0.64	−0.07
Work experience	‌P-value*	0.90	0.65	0.57	0.49
BMI	Coefficient	0.06	0.07	−0.06	0.02
BMI	‌P-value*	0.58	0.53	0.57	0.83

*: P-value of Pearson correlation coefficient

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