Handgrip Strength and Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Background: Muscle strength assessment is a convenient clinical test that has shown to correlate with the nutritional status of dialysis patients. Articles written in English to investigate the association between Handgrip Strength (HGS) and mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) patients are mainly from Brazil and several other non-Asian countries. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the association of HGS with all-cause mortality in...