Table 2. Comparison of mean hand grip and leg muscle strength between general population and hemodialysis patients.
| Age | Hand grip strength, kg | Leg muscle strength, kg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General population | Hemodialysis patients | General population | Hemodialysis patients | |||||
| Malea | Femalea | Male | Female | Maleb | Femaleb | Male | Female | |
| 20–29 | 41.3 (329) | 24.4 (339) | 35.1 (7) | 21.8 (6) | ||||
| 30–39 | 44.4 (298) | 26.2 (416) | 22.3 (2) | 23.4 (4) | 33.6 (23) | 22.7 (28) | 64.7 (1) | 24.8 (4) |
| 40–49 | 43.7 (367) | 28.6 (464) | 31.8 (8) | 16.6 (3) | 32.4 (24) | 23.2 (19) | 33.4 (8) | 23.8 (3) |
| 50–59 | 40.6 (423) | 24.7 (548) | 26.4 (22) | 16.2 (4) | 32.0 (26) | 22.5 (20) | 34.7 (21) | 24.1 (3) |
| 60–69 | 37.8 (330) | 23.3 (405) | 27.3 (21) | 17.2 (9) | 32.7 (46) | 25.9 (75) | 32.7 (18) | 18.5 (7) |
| 70–79 | 31.2 (204) | 20.2 (252) | 20.1 (19) | 17.2 (7) | 36.2 (81) | 26.1 (91) | 25.1 (16) | 20.2 (6) |
| ≥ 80 | 26.9 (56) | 16.7 (191) | 23.5 (7) | 9.4 (1) | 36.2 (10) | 19.7 (6) | 22.2 (6) | 13.0 (1) |
Data are presented as mean (number).
aSource: Each value means the average of age-specific hand grip strength using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VI-3 (2015) survey. bSource: Takei Scientific Instruments Co. Ltd., Niigata, Japan presented. ‘Participants from Department of physical education and department of public health, Gifu University, Japan.’