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. 2021 Aug 5;9(1):e001865. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001865

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Association of grip strength with type 2 diabetes mellitus incidence by sociodemographics, lifestyle and adiposity. Data are presented as HRs and 95% CI per 1 SD lower grip strength expressed in absolute and relative units. Analyses were adjusted for sex, age, deprivation, ethnicity, education, lifestyle variables (smoking, fruit and vegetable intake, red meat intake, processed meat intake, alcohol intake, total sedentary time and sleep time) and BMI except when the covariate was used as the moderator in the analyses. 1 SD grip strength was equivalent to 11.0 kg for absolute grip and to 0.12 kg per kg of body weight for relative grip strength. BMI, body mass index.