• Yeny Concha-Cisternas, Igor Cigarroa, Carlos Matus-Castillo, Alex Garrido-Méndez, Ana María Leiva-Ordoñez, María Adela Martínez-Sanguinetti, Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja, Natalia Ulloa, María Fernanda Gabler, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Solange Parra-Soto, Ximena Díaz, Carlos Celis-Morales, and (en representación de todos los integrantes del Consorcio ELHOC, Epidemiology of Lifestyle and Health Outcomes in Chile).
• Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2020 Nov 1; 148 (11): 1598-1605.

BackgroundHandgrip strength is an indicator of frailty in older people.AimTo determine the prevalence of low handgrip strength in older Chilean adults.Material And MethodsA cross-sectional analysis of 244 individuals aged 60 years or more, participating in the 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Survey, was carried out. Handgrip strength was evaluated by a hand dynamometer and low grip strength was determined as a grip strength ≤ 15 kg and ≤ 27 kg for women and men, respectively.ResultsTwenty nine percent of participants had low grip strength. The average grip strength among 60-year-old men and women was 34.7 and 22.1 kg, respectively. These figures decreased to 28.8 kg and 17.2 kg among 90-year-old men and women, respectively. The prevalence of low grip strength in men and women aged 60 years was 18%. In 90-year-old men and women, these figures increased to 79% and 56.3%, respectively.ConclusionsThe prevalence of low grip strength increased substantially with age.

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