Table 4.

Association between handgrip strength and other variables.

Variable		Regression parameter	Women			Regression parameter	Men
			95%CI		p		95%CI		p
Age [years]	65–69	ref				ref
	70–74	−1.361	−3.571	0.849	0.229	−3.194	−7.488	1.1	0.148
	75–79	−1.015	−3.369	1.34	0.399	−1.688	−7.162	3.787	0.547
	80–85	−2.202	−4.453	0.049	0.056	0.54	−3.416	4.496	0.79
	> 85	−0.423	−3.502	2.655	0.788	−0.588	−5.687	4.512	0.822
Body mass	[kg]	−0.295	−0.984	0.394	0.403	−0.929	−2.212	0.355	0.159
Height	[cm]	0.447	−0.158	1.051	0.149	0.948	−0.264	2.161	0.128
BMI	[kg/m2]	0.878	−0.826	2.583	0.313	2.772	−0.931	6.474	0.145
Marital status	Married	ref				ref
	Widow/er	−2.792	−4.615	−0.97	0.003 *	−4.298	−7.32	−1.277	0.006 *
	Divorced	−3.927	−7.721	−0.133	0.044 *	−1.099	−5.991	3.793	0.661
	Single	−4.163	−6.322	−2.005	< 0.001 *	−3.168	−7.633	1.297	0.167
Education	Basic	ref				ref
	Vocational	1.252	−0.567	3.072	0.179	0.715	−2.708	4.138	0.683
	Secondary	1.35	−0.299	2.999	0.11	2.963	−0.884	6.81	0.134
	Higher	1.295	−1.673	4.263	0.393	5.64	−0.062	11.342	0.055
Number of drugs		−0.169	−0.442	0.104	0.226	0.086	−0.407	0.579	0.732
ADL		0.822	−0.172	1.816	0.106	0.288	−2.027	2.602	0.808
IADL		0.171	−0.177	0.52	0.336	0.753	0.105	1.401	0.025 *
TUG	[s]	−0.043	−0.114	0.028	0.24	−0.109	−0.28	0.063	0.218
BERG		0.105	0.028	0.182	0.008 *	0.086	−0.075	0.247	0.295

BMI: body mass index, ADL: basic activities of daily living, IADL: instrumental activities of daily living, TUG: Timed up and go test, BERG: Berg Balance Test, CI: confidence interval.

*Statistically significant (p < 0.05).