Response to the letter "Handgrip strength may not accurately reflect the overall nutritional status of patients"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Brazil.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Brazil. Electronic address: jteixeir@fmb.unesp.br.

Comment

Barbara Perez Vogt et al. Clin Nutr. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;36(1):317-318.

doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.11.014. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Brazil.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Brazil. Electronic address: jteixeir@fmb.unesp.br.

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Comment on

Handgrip strength is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in maintenance dialysis patients.
Vogt BP, Borges MCC, Goés CR, Caramori JCT. Vogt BP, et al. Clin Nutr. 2016 Dec;35(6):1429-1433. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.03.020. Epub 2016 Mar 31. Clin Nutr. 2016. PMID: 27083497
Handgrip strength may not accurately reflect the overall nutritional status of patients.
Shi B, Chen J. Shi B, et al. Clin Nutr. 2017 Feb;36(1):316. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.11.016. Epub 2016 Nov 23. Clin Nutr. 2017. PMID: 27916336 No abstract available.