Table 3.

Hand grip strength according to nutritional status: absolute means and means adjusted for confounding factors in males and females

Nutritional status	Grip strength (kg)
	Unadjusted means	Means adjusted for age, BMI, arm muscle area and malignant vs. benign disease
Males
No weight loss	38.3 ± 11.3	36.5 ± 0.5 (35.5–37.4)
Moderate weight loss	34.1 ±10.4	33.3 ± 0.6 (32.2–34.6)
Severe weight loss	29.2 ± 9.5	29.8 ± .07 (28.5–31.2)
Females
No weight loss	25.2 ± 7.9	25.4 ± 0.4 (24.6–26.2)
Moderate weight loss	21.1 ± 8.0	22.7 ± 0.6 (21.5–23.9)
Severe weight loss	19.2 ± 7.3	21.7 ± 0.8 (20.4–23.3)