Table 3.

Correlation between clinical, functional or laboratory measures and grip strength in geriatric inpatients (N=80)

Measure correlated with grip strength	Spearman R	P-value
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living scale	0.400	<0.001
Growth	0.381	<0.001
Mini-Mental State Examination score	0.380	<0.001
Barthel Index of activities of daily living	0.376	<0.001
Hemoglobin concentration	0.293	0.008
Body mass	0.282	0.011
Hematocrit	0.275	0.013
Lymphocyte count	0.268	0.015
Red blood cell count	0.264	0.018
Sodium concentration	0.263	0.018
Bilirubin concentration	0.232	0.038
Number of medications used	−0.332	0.002
Visual Analog Scale score	−0.371	<0.001
C-reactive protein concentration	−0.383	<0.001
Geriatric Depression Scale	−0.480	<0.001