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. 2020 Feb 11;15:311–321. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S225765

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(A) Absolute and adjusted hand-grip strength for age, smoking status, waist circumference, anemia, hypertension and serum HDL-C in subjects with non-COPD and COPD by GOLD grades. Values are expressed as mean ± SD; one-way analysis of variance. * p < 0.05 vs women participants of the same group, ^# p < 0.05 vs non-COPD participants of the same gender. Relationship of the FEV₁% with the absolute (B) and adjusted hand-grip strength (C) in the men and women participants with and without COPD.