Fig. 2.

Association of adverse health outcomes by hypertension and grip strength strata (A) all-course mortality, (B) CVD mortality, and (C) major CVD incidence. The model was adjusted for age, sex, location, education, occupation, BMI, WHR, smoking, alcohol, baseline prevalence of diabetes, history of medication for hypertension, daily dietary energy intake, the proportion of calorie intake from protein, and physical activities. BMI = body mass index; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval; CVD = cardiovascular disease; HR = hazard ratio; ref. = reference group; WHR = waist to hip ratio.