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

Table 4 Relationship between non dominant HGS with the clinical variable of the participants (n = 161)

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Correlation(r)	p-value
Handgrip strength	Age	0.155	0.050
	Weight	0.110	0.165
	Height	0.028	0.725
	BMI	0.78	0.328
	Maternity leave	-0.120	0.131
	Termed deliveries	0.014	0.855
	Pretermed deliveries	-0.040	0.616
	Abortuses	- 0.138	0.081
	Livebirth	0.039	0.624
	Gravidity	-0.046	0.559
	Trimester	-0.080	0.314
	Systolic BP	0.137	0.082
	IADSBP	0.012	0.876
	IADDBP	-0.004	0.963
	Heart Rate	-0.029	0.712

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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