Table 2.

Absolute and weight-normalised grip strength at baseline and absolute grip strength rate of change by race/ethnicity, Michigan site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation^a

	Black N = 252	White N = 172	P-value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Baseline absolute grip strength (kg)	33.8 (6.7)	31.5 (5.6)	0.0002
Baseline weight-normalised grip strength	0.42 (0.12)	0.40 (0.100)	0.037
Absolute grip strength rate of change (kg/year)	−0.28 (0.16)	−0.29 (0.10)	0.34

^aMean (SD) reported for all continuous variables. P-values were based on two-sample t-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables.