BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 4 Strength in bivariate relationship (Spearman’s correlation) between the hand strength of the dominant (Dom.) and non-dominant (Non Dom.) hand with each of the predictor variable of interest. Top and bottom panels describe the correlation for men and women respectively

From: Establishing normative pinch and grip strengths across adult age groups in Singapore

*Women*
	HGS		LPS
	Dom.	Non Dom.	Dom.	Non Dom.
Age	− 0.14*	− 0.14*	− 0.14*	− 0.16**
Weight	0.28***	0.27***	0.36***	0.30***
Height	0.36***	0.32***	0.24***	0.18**
BMI	0.15*	0.16**	0.29***	0.24***
Gait speed	0.21***	0.24***	0.16*	0.12
Education level	0.27***	0.21**	0.245***	0.19**
*Men*
	HGS		LPS
	Dom.	Non Dom.	Dom.	Non Dom.
Age	− 0.10	− 0.13	− 0.05	− 0.07
Weight	0.33***	0.35***	0.31***	0.31***
Height	0.33***	0.30***	0.18**	0.17*
BMI	0.19**	0.24***	0.25***	0.27***
Gait speed	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.02
Education level	0.04	0.09	0.02	0.02

The stars represent the degree of statistical significance, where ***, **, and * represent p < 0.001, p < 0.01, and p < 0.05, respectively

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