Figure 1
Median grip strength (in kilograms) for observed and fitted population, by age, sex and source of fitted data, Canadian reference equations for the healthy population aged 6 to 79

Figure 1 Median grip strength (in kilograms) for observed and fitted population, by age, sex and source of fitted data, Canadian reference equations for the healthy population aged 6 to 79

Data table for Chart 1
Data table for Chart 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 1. The information is grouped by Age (appearing as row headers), Fitted WHO (males), Observed CHMS (males), Fitted CHMS (males), Fitted WHO (females), Observed CHMS (females) and Fitted CHMS (females), calculated using maximum grip strength (kg) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age Fitted WHO (males) Observed CHMS (males) Fitted CHMS (males) Fitted WHO (females) Observed CHMS (females) Fitted CHMS (females)
maximum grip strength (kg)
6 8.0 9.2 8.5 6.9 8.5 8.2
7 9.6 10.6 10.5 8.8 9.5 9.6
8 11.3 12.6 12.6 10.7 11.4 12.3
9 13.4 15.0 15.1 12.5 12.3 13.9
10 15.4 15.8 17.8 14.6 14.9 16.5
11 18.1 18.9 20.2 17.1 17.5 19.0
12 21.0 20.9 24.0 19.5 20.9 21.7
13 24.9 28.2 29.2 21.5 22.4 23.1
14 29.1 32.5 33.3 23.3 23.0 23.6
15 33.2 37.2 35.3 24.4 25.0 25.6
16 36.4 40.4 38.7 25.0 28.0 26.0
17 38.4 41.7 40.3 25.3 26.4 26.2
18 39.9 45.1 42.8 25.6 25.7 26.4
19 41.2 43.1 42.3 25.9 27.5 26.5
20 41.8 43.4 41.7 26.2 25.8 27.2
21 42.4 45.8 42.5 26.4 28.6 27.4
22 42.9 46.2 43.5 26.6 26.9 28.2
23 43.4 45.8 46.0 26.8 25.0 27.0
24 43.9 44.8 44.6 27.0 25.5 28.6
25 44.4 47.4 45.8 27.2 26.7 26.6
26 44.8 50.9 45.6 27.3 26.5 27.5
27 45.2 49.9 47.1 27.5 28.8 28.0
28 45.6 46.6 47.1 27.6 29.4 28.2
29 46.0 48.1 46.9 27.8 25.5 29.3
30 46.3 53.1 47.6 27.9 27.8 30.2
31 46.6 50.3 46.0 28.0 31.0 29.2
32 46.9 49.9 48.9 28.1 29.2 29.6
33 47.2 50.7 48.3 28.2 26.9 28.5
34 47.4 47.6 48.7 28.3 28.9 30.7
35 47.6 48.0 48.3 28.3 27.9 28.9
36 47.8 47.6 48.2 28.4 27.1 29.1
37 48.0 52.4 48.6 28.4 28.5 29.0
38 48.1 48.4 50.3 28.5 28.1 29.6
39 48.2 49.9 50.0 28.5 28.0 30.3
40 48.3 51.6 50.2 28.5 30.1 30.3
41 48.3 46.5 49.3 28.5 26.9 28.0
42 48.4 55.1 50.4 28.5 28.4 30.1
43 48.4 47.0 49.7 28.5 26.9 29.2
44 48.4 48.3 49.4 28.4 25.6 28.8
45 48.3 45.7 50.2 28.4 30.2 29.8
46 48.3 48.2 50.4 28.4 31.0 30.1
47 48.2 47.0 49.0 28.3 26.9 28.7
48 48.1 44.9 48.7 28.2 29.9 30.0
49 47.9 47.7 49.5 28.1 28.8 29.4
50 47.7 46.3 47.3 28.0 26.1 27.2
51 47.6 49.6 48.1 27.9 28.7 29.3
52 47.3 46.5 48.7 27.8 27.6 27.9
53 47.1 43.6 50.6 27.7 26.1 28.6
54 46.8 48.2 49.6 27.5 24.0 27.8
55 46.5 45.4 47.4 27.4 26.0 26.8
56 46.2 40.8 46.8 27.2 26.7 27.4
57 45.9 44.5 47.1 27.0 24.6 27.3
58 45.5 41.1 42.7 26.8 26.8 27.0
59 45.1 42.0 45.0 26.6 24.7 26.8
60 44.7 42.7 44.4 26.4 26.0 26.8
61 44.3 41.5 44.1 26.2 24.3 25.8
62 43.8 39.8 43.4 25.9 25.0 26.0
63 43.3 41.2 43.0 25.7 24.3 26.0
64 42.8 45.1 42.9 25.4 22.5 25.2
65 42.2 43.8 41.7 25.2 23.9 24.8
66 41.7 43.5 42.1 24.9 23.7 24.0
67 41.1 41.0 41.4 24.6 25.3 23.4
68 40.5 40.8 39.4 24.3 23.7 24.2
69 39.8 41.5 39.9 24.0 20.8 23.9
70 39.1 41.0 39.6 23.7 24.4 22.7
71 38.5 40.9 36.1 23.3 21.9 22.6
72 37.7 42.7 37.7 23.0 22.5 22.1
73 37.0 32.6 34.7 22.6 24.0 22.7
74 36.2 38.2 33.8 22.3 22.9 21.1
75 35.4 26.0 32.6 21.9 22.6 21.0
76 34.6 36.3 33.3 21.5 21.2 19.3
77 33.8 34.6 30.4 21.1 21.6 20.5
78 32.9 36.6 29.9 20.7 19.6 20.4
79 32.0 33.8 29.9 20.3 18.7 18.5
Notes: Fitted World Health Organization (WHO): based on baseline equations fit with median height and weight from World Health Organization Growth Charts adapted for Canada.
Fitted Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) = based on reference equations fit using the median height and weight from the healthy household population aged 6 to 79 Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013.
Observed CHMS data = healthy household population aged 6 to 79, of Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2013.
Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2007 to 2013 (combined).

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