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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Feb 9;53(1):63–69. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.12.022

Table 3. Cut points and Prevalence Estimates for Clinical Muscle Weakness by Race/Sex in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

HRS total sample (N =7,688)

Classification	White males (n=2,799)		Black males (n=383)		White women (n=3,829)		Black women (n=675)

	Cut point (kg)	N (%)	Cut point (kg)	N (%)	Cut point (kg)	N (%)	Cut point (kg)	N (%)
Weak	<35	1,111 (37)	<40	223 (57)	<22	1,794 (48)	<31	557 (88)
c	≥35	1,639 (63)	≥40	145 (43)	≥22	1,885 (52)	≥31	78 (12)