Table 3.
Anthropometric measurements, body composition, and hs-CRP levels of the study population baseline grouped according to the cut-off of HGS.
| Participant Baseline n = 247 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | HGS <16 kg Mean ± SD n = 36 |
HGS ≥16 kg Mean ± SD n = 211 |
* p-Value |
| Age (years) | 36.7 ± 9.1 | 35.2 ± 10.7 | 0.424 |
| Weight (kg) | 111.0 ± 17.9 | 97.4 ± 13.7 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 43.1 ± 3.7 | 36.3 ± 3.8 | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 119.1 ± 12.4 | 106.1 ± 14.0 | <0.001 |
| BIA parameters | |||
| R (Ω) | 494.2 ± 85.9 | 464.4 ± 66.8 | 0.019 |
| Xc (Ω) | 43.4 ± 8.9 | 46.1 ± 9.5 | 0.111 |
| FM (kg) | 57.9 ± 14.8 | 42.2 ± 10.5 | 0.018 |
| FFM (kg) | 53.1 ± 4.6 | 55.2 ± 5.8 | <0.001 |
| hs-CRP levels (mg/L) | 6.4 ± 6.8 | 3.3 ± 3.2 | 0.017 |
* A p value in bold type denotes a significant difference (p < 0.05). HGS, handgrip strength; SD, standard deviation, BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; R, resistance; Xc, reactance; FM, fat mass, FFM, free fat mass; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.