Determination of hand grip strength and its correlates during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Relationship between dominant HGS with the clinical variable of the participants (n = 161)

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Correlation(r)	p-value
Handgrip strength	Age	0.128	0.106
	Weight	0.141	0.075
	Height	0.007	0.933
	BMI	0.006	0.943
	Maternity leave	-0.116	0.142
	Termed deliveries	0.017	0.835
	Pretermed deliveries	-0.023	0.775
	Abortuses	-0.113	0.155
	Livebirth	0.036	0.652
	Gravidity	0.037	0.641
	Trimester	-0.055	0.485
	Systolic BP	0.101	0.200
	Diastolic BP	0.053	0.508
	IADSBP	0.103	0.192
	IADDBP	0.079	0.318
	Heart Rate	0.070	0.376

KEY: HGS Hand Grip Strength, BMI Body Mass Index, BP Blood pressure, IADSBP Inter Arm Difference in Systolic Blood Pressure, IADDBP Inter Arm Difference in Diastolic Blood Pressure
^*Significant at p ≤ 0.05

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