Table 4.

Correlations between unadjusted and adjusted handgrip Z-scores, anthropometric, and body composition measures using data from 3209 NHANEs participants with complete DXA data.

	HAZ	BMIZ	UALZ	LBMIZ	ALSTMIZ	FMIZ
Non-dominant HGZ	0.42 p < .001	0.36 p < .001	0.46 p < .001	0.51 p < .001	0.54 p < .001	0.17 p < .001
Non-dominant HGZ, adjusted for HAZ	−0.02 p = .46	0.30 p < .001	0.11 p < .001	0.43 p < .001	0.46 p < .001	0.12 p < .001
Non-dominant HGZ, adjusted for UALZ	0.11 p < .001	0.16 p < .001	−0.02 p = .33	0.31 p < .001	0.34 p < .001	−0.01 p = .62
Dominant HGZ	0.43 p < .001	0.37 p < .001	0.47 p < .001	0.51 p < .001	0.54 p < .001	0.17 p < .001
Dominant HGZ, adjusted for HAZ	−0.01 p = .64	0.31 p < .001	0.12 p < .001	0.44 p < .001	0.46 p < .001	0.12 p < .001
Dominant HGZ, adjusted for uALZ	0.13 p < .001	0.17 p < .001	−0.02 p = .46	0.30 p < .001	0.34 p < .001	−0.02 p = .47

HAZ, height Z-score; BMIZ, body mass index Z-score; UALZ, upper arm length Z-score; LBMIZ, lean body mass index Z-score; ALSTMIZ, appendicular lean soft tissue mass index Z-score; FMIZ, fat mass index Z-score. HGZ, handgrip Z-score.