Relationship between Grip Strength and Prevalence of Hypertension in Korean Adults: the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(2015)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency and type of physical activity according to the difference of grip strength among Korean adults and to clarify the relationship between grip strength and prevalence of hypertension. [METHODS] We analyzed a secondary database, the 6th Korean National Health Nutrition Survey (2015), which examined the grip strength, frequency and type of physical activity, body composition, blood pressure, and biomakers of blood among Korean adults. The grip strength was divided 4 groups based on a quartile and 88.7% of participants mainly were using the right hand. Contingency table analysis was used to examine the differences of physical activity frequency and physical activity type among the 4 groups. Also, the logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the prevalence of hypertension according to the difference of grip strength.