Table A2.

Median (25^th‐75^th percentile) overall handgrip strength stratified by sex, age, body‐mass index, and geographic region

Women
SE = Southeast. Underweight = body‐mass index (BMI) <18.5kg/m2; healthy weight = BMI 18.5 to <25kg/m2; overweight = BMI 25 to <30kg/m2; obese = BMI≥30kg/m2.
Region	≤50 years				>50 years
	Underweight	Healthy weight	Overweight	Obese	Underweight	Healthy weight	Overweight	Obese
Europe/ North America	28 (24‐32) n=56	31 (26‐35) n=1911	30 (26‐34) n=1307	29 (24‐34) n=1230	25 (19‐31) n=39	27 (23‐31) n=1601	27 (22‐30) n=1740	26 (21‐30) n=1438
South America	25 (20‐31) n=75	27 (23‐31) n=2140	27 (21‐31) n=2294	28 (22‐33) n=1803	22 (19‐27) n=66	23 (20‐28) n=1508	23 (20‐29) n=2139	24 (20‐29) n=2011
Middle East	23 (20‐25) n=35	25 (22‐29) n=629	26 (22‐30) n=1183	25 (22‐30) n=1134	21 (18‐24) n=14	21 (18‐25) n=215	23 (20‐26) n=495	23 (20‐27) n=508
Africa	23 (19‐27) n=96	25 (16‐30) n=546	23 (13‐30) n=413	20 (12‐30) n=605	21 (13‐27) n=93	22 (12‐27) n=410	20 (10‐27) n=330	15 (10‐25) n=474
SE Asia	21 (18‐25) n=126	22 (19‐26) n=1246	23 (19‐27) n=1169	24 (20‐28) n=750	17 (13‐20) n=120	19 (15‐22) n=2046	20 (16‐23) n=982	19 (16‐23) n=547
South Asia	21 (18‐25) n=2096	23 (19‐27) n=4621	23 (19‐27) n=2591	23 (19‐27) n=1010	18 (14‐21) n=820	19 (15‐23) n=2046	20 (17‐25) n=1020	21 (17‐25) n=426
China	26 (21‐29) n=304	28 (23‐31) n=7510	29 (24‐33) n=3882	29 (25‐33) n=791	21 (17‐25) n=350	24 (21‐28) n=5792	26 (22‐30) n=4199	25 (21‐30) n=960

Men
Region	≤50 years				>50 years
	Underweight	Healthy weight	Overweight	Obese	Underweight	Healthy weight	Overweight	Obese
Europe/ North America	32 (26‐41) n=10	48 (41‐54) n=951	49 (43‐56) n=1544	50 (44‐58) n=739	33 (29‐47) n=9	43 (38‐49) n=1007	45 (38‐51) n=1938	44 (38‐51) n=994
South America	37 (33‐43) n= 33	41 (35‐47) n=1255	45 (39‐51) n=1720	46 (40‐52) n=928	33 (30‐39) n=48	36 (31‐42) n=1081	40 (33‐45) n=1584	41 (34‐47) n=975
Middle East	38 (35‐41) n=47	43 (38‐49) n=876	44 (39‐50) n=1144	44 (38‐49) n=603	34 (31‐39) n=24	37 (32‐42) n=399	39 (34‐45) n=504	39 (34‐46) n=278
Africa	35 (29‐42) n=146	38 (26‐44) n=396	36 (22‐48) n=68	29 (15‐45) n=30	31 (26‐36) n=121	32 (22‐41) n=363	34 (20‐45) n=88	27 (17‐36) n=48
SE Asia	34 (28‐38) n=51	36 (31‐41) n=760	39 (34‐44) n=747	39 (33‐44) n=299	28 (21‐32) n=105	31 (25‐36) n=972	32 (28‐38) n=789	33 (29‐39) n=328
South Asia	31 (27‐37) n=1481	35 (30‐39) n=3600	36 (31‐41) n=1474	37 (29‐41) n=265	25 (21‐31) n=1040	30 (25‐35) n=2115	32 (27‐37) n=742	31 (25‐37) n=181
China	39 (34‐44) n=190	42 (37‐48) n=4597	45 (40‐51) n=2980	46 (40‐51) n=539	33 (28‐39) n=298	38 (32‐43) n=4790	40 (34‐45) n=2980	40 (34‐46) n=433