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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Biol. 2024 Jan 22;51(1):2298474. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2298474

Table 3.

Reference tables for dominant hand grip (A), non-dominant handgrip (B), and upper arm length (C) in female participants ages 6–19.9 years.(A) Dominant handgrip, kg

Females


Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 −0.28 0.22 7.05 7.58 8.58 9.89 11.46 13.18 14.36
7.0 to 7.9 −0.16 0.21 8.33 8.97 10.18 11.74 13.58 15.54 16.87
8.0 to 8.9 −0.06 0.21 9.72 10.49 11.92 13.75 15.88 18.11 19.60
9.0 to 9.9 0.02 0.21 11.24 12.15 13.83 15.95 18.40 20.92 22.58
10.0 to 10.9 0.08 0.21 12.88 13.93 15.86 18.29 21.05 23.87 25.71
11.0 to 11.9 0.13 0.21 14.56 15.75 17.92 20.63 23.69 26.78 28.79
12.0 to 12.9 0.16 0.20 16.20 17.51 19.88 22.83 26.13 29.45 31.59
13.0 to 13.9 0.18 0.20 17.72 19.11 21.64 24.75 28.23 31.70 33.93
14.0 to 14.9 0.21 0.19 19.03 20.49 23.12 26.35 29.92 33.46 35.73
15.0 to 15.9 0.25 0.19 20.10 21.61 24.31 27.60 31.22 34.77 37.04
16.0 to 16.9 0.31 0.18 20.93 22.48 25.25 28.58 32.20 35.73 37.95
17.0 to 17.9 0.38 0.18 21.60 23.18 26.00 29.36 32.97 36.45 38.63
18.0 to 18.9 0.46 0.17 22.17 23.80 26.66 30.03 33.62 37.04 39.18
19.0 to 19.9 0.54 0.17 22.73 24.39 27.28 30.67 34.23 37.60 39.68

(B) Non-dominant handgrip, kg

Females

Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 −0.43 0.22 6.86 7.35 8.30 9.58 11.15 12.91 14.15
7.0 to 7.9 −0.27 0.22 8.01 8.62 9.77 11.28 13.10 15.08 16.44
8.0 to 8.9 −0.12 0.22 9.23 9.96 11.33 13.10 15.19 17.40 18.88
9.0 to 9.9 0.00 0.22 10.56 11.43 13.04 15.09 17.46 19.92 21.55
10.0 to 10.9 0.10 0.22 11.98 12.99 14.85 17.19 19.86 22.58 24.36
11.0 to 11.9 0.17 0.21 13.43 14.58 16.68 19.30 22.25 25.22 27.14
12.0 to 12.9 0.22 0.21 14.85 16.12 18.43 21.28 24.47 27.65 29.70
13.0 to 13.9 0.25 0.21 16.17 17.52 19.99 23.02 26.37 29.70 31.83
14.0 to 14.9 0.28 0.20 17.31 18.73 21.31 24.45 27.91 31.32 33.49
15.0 to 15.9 0.32 0.19 18.24 19.72 22.37 25.58 29.10 32.53 34.71
16.0 to 16.9 0.37 0.19 18.97 20.49 23.21 26.47 30.01 33.44 35.60
17.0 to 17.9 0.44 0.19 19.54 21.11 23.88 27.19 30.73 34.15 36.28
18.0 to 18.9 0.50 0.18 20.01 21.62 24.45 27.79 31.34 34.73 36.83
19.0 to 19.9 0.57 0.18 20.44 22.09 24.98 28.35 31.90 35.26 37.34

(C) upper arm length, cm

Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 −0.82 0.07 22.11 22.63 23.55 24.64 25.84 27.01 27.75
7.0 to 7.9 −0.82 0.07 23.53 24.08 25.06 26.22 27.49 28.73 29.52
8.0 to 8.9 −0.79 0.07 24.95 25.54 26.57 27.80 29.14 30.45 31.28
9.0 to 9.9 −0.72 0.07 26.35 26.96 28.05 29.35 30.75 32.12 32.99
10.0 to 10.9 −0.59 0.07 27.65 28.30 29.45 30.80 32.26 33.67 34.56
11.0 to 11.9 −0.42 0.07 28.82 29.50 30.70 32.10 33.60 35.03 35.93
12.0 to 12.9 −0.23 0.07 29.81 30.52 31.75 33.19 34.70 36.14 37.04
13.0 to 13.9 −0.04 0.07 30.58 31.31 32.56 34.02 35.55 36.98 37.87
14.0 to 14.9 0.14 0.06 31.12 31.86 33.14 34.61 36.14 37.57 38.44
15.0 to 15.9 0.31 0.06 31.47 32.22 33.52 35.00 36.52 37.94 38.80
16.0 to 16.9 0.46 0.06 31.68 32.45 33.76 35.24 36.76 38.16 39.01
17.0 to 17.9 0.61 0.06 31.82 32.60 33.92 35.41 36.92 38.31 39.15
18.0 to 18.9 0.76 0.06 31.92 32.71 34.05 35.54 37.05 38.43 39.26
19.0 to 19.9 0.91 0.06 32.02 32.82 34.17 35.67 37.17 38.54 39.35