Combined handgrip strength and incident chronic digestive diseases: a prospective parallel analysis examining broad and specific endpoints in Chinese and European older adults
Jian Liu, Minghao Ji, Xinlong Pang, Xiangyan Liu, Wentao Ji, Zhongwei Xin, Mo Shi · 2026
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Jian Liu led a 2026 prospective study, one that follows people forward in time, linking handgrip strength to later digestive disease in older adults. Grip strength is a simple marker of muscle function, and the authors combined the best grip from both hands into one score.
Two ageing cohorts were compared: 7,750 people in China and 6,728 in Europe, all free of digestive disease at the start. In the Chinese cohort, stronger grip meant lower risk of new chronic digestive disease, and the strongest group beat the weakest. In Europe the link with stomach ulcer disease was weaker overall, though it appeared among women. The authors note self-reported diagnoses limit the work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jian Liu, Minghao Ji, Xinlong Pang, Xiangyan Liu, Wentao Ji, Zhongwei Xin, Mo Shi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49608 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |