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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026

Grip and pinch strengths and its association with cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.

Yiren Chen, Yiying Huang, Lijun Wu, Zijun Liao, Shaoli Li, Junting Liu, Xinnan Zong, Fangfang Chen

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Yiren Chen *Department of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Yiying Huang *Department of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Lijun WuDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Zijun LiaoDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Shaoli LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Junting LiuDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Xinnan ZongDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Fangfang ChenDepartment of Epidemiology, Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Background: To describe the absolute and body composition-normalized relative grip and pinch strength status in children and adolescents, to analyze the associations between strength indices and cardiometabolic risk. Methods: The baseline survey from 2022 to 2023 conducted by the Beijing Children and Adolescents Health Cohort. Children aged 6-17 years old in Beijing were involved ( Results: 3,252 children and adolescents were included. Both grip and pinch strength increased with age, with boys stronger than girls. Absolute grip strength and Grip-to-MMP ratio were positively associated with the risks of developing low HDL-c, high LDL-c, HBP, and a high MetScore. In contrast, the Grip-to-WT ratio was negatively associated with the risks of high TG, low HDL-c, high LDL-c, HBP, and a high MetScore, while being positively associated with the risk of IFG. Similar patterns were observed for pinch strength and its normalized indices. The Pinch-to-WT ratio and Pinch-to-BMI ratio showed protective, inverse associations with the risks of high TG, low HDL -c, high LDL-c, HBP, and a high MetScore. ROC analysis identified the Grip-to-WT ratio as the strongest predictor of cardiometabolic risk among all indices evaluated. Conclusion: Grip and pinch strengths seemed associated with cardiometabolic risk in children. The Grip/Pinch-to-WT ratio was the best predictor of cardiometabolic risk than all the other strength indices. Testing grip strength might help prevent cardiovascular disease early.

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adolescentscardiometabolic riskchildrengrip strengthpinch strength

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PMCPMC12953518

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