Handgrip Strength and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

[...]normalized HGS is inversely associated with the future risk of AF in the general population. The HR for AF per 1 SD increase in normalized HGS in age- and sex-adjusted analysis was 0.73 (95% CI: 0.61 to 0.86), which remained similar on further adjustment for established risk factors and other potential confounders (body height, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, history of type 2 diabetes, resting heart rate, smoking status, prevalent coronary heart disease, and physical activity) 0.77 (95% CI: 0.64 to 0.92) (Table 1). [...]normalized HGS is inversely associated with the future risk of AF in the general population.Disclosures The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relations that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this study.Acknowledgments Our gratitude is extended to the team of the of the Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine and the Research Institute of Public Health and University of Kuopio, Finland, for the collection and provision of the data for this study.