Table 3
Reference values for selected percentiles for maximum grip strength (in kilograms), by sex and age, based on reference equations for Canadians aged 6 to 79

Table 3
Reference values for selected percentiles for maximum grip strength (in kilograms), by sex and age, based on reference equations for Canadians aged 6 to 79
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reference values for selected percentiles for maximum grip strength (in kilograms). The information is grouped by Age (years) (appearing as row headers), Maximum grip strength, Males, Females and Percentile (appearing as column headers).
Age (years) Maximum grip strength
Males Females
Percentile
5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th
6 5.3 5.9 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.1 10.7 4.2 4.7 5.9 6.9 8.4 9.7 10.6
7 6.2 7.0 8.3 9.6 11.0 12.4 13.1 5.7 6.3 7.6 8.8 10.4 11.8 12.7
8 7.4 8.3 9.7 11.3 13.0 14.7 15.6 7.3 7.9 9.3 10.7 12.4 13.9 14.9
9 8.9 9.9 11.5 13.4 15.5 17.4 18.4 8.7 9.5 10.9 12.5 14.3 16.0 17.0
10 10.3 11.5 13.3 15.4 17.7 19.8 21.0 10.4 11.2 12.8 14.6 16.5 18.3 19.3
11 12.3 13.6 15.6 18.1 20.8 23.2 24.6 12.4 13.3 15.0 17.1 19.1 21.0 22.1
12 14.4 15.9 18.2 21.0 24.1 26.7 28.4 14.2 15.3 17.2 19.5 21.7 23.8 24.9
13 17.3 18.9 21.6 24.9 28.4 31.3 33.3 15.9 17.0 19.0 21.5 24.0 26.2 27.4
14 20.5 22.3 25.5 29.1 33.1 36.3 38.6 17.3 18.5 20.6 23.3 25.8 28.2 29.4
15 23.6 25.6 29.1 33.2 37.4 41.0 43.5 18.2 19.4 21.6 24.4 27.0 29.4 30.7
16 26.1 28.2 32.1 36.4 40.9 44.7 47.4 18.7 20.0 22.2 25.0 27.7 30.2 31.6
17 27.8 30.0 33.9 38.4 43.1 47.0 49.8 19.0 20.3 22.5 25.3 28.0 30.6 32.0
18 29.1 31.3 35.3 39.9 44.7 48.7 51.6 19.3 20.6 22.8 25.6 28.4 30.9 32.3
19 30.3 32.5 36.6 41.2 46.1 50.2 53.2 19.6 20.8 23.0 25.9 28.7 31.3 32.7
20 to 24 32.0 34.2 38.2 42.9 47.7 51.9 54.8 20.2 21.5 23.7 26.6 29.4 32.0 33.5
25 to 29 34.3 36.5 40.5 45.2 49.9 54.2 57.1 21.1 22.3 24.6 27.5 30.3 32.9 34.6
30 to 34 35.9 38.2 42.1 46.9 51.5 55.8 58.7 21.7 22.9 25.2 28.1 31.0 33.6 35.3
35 to 39 36.9 39.2 43.2 47.9 52.5 56.8 59.7 22.0 23.2 25.5 28.4 31.3 34.0 35.7
40 to 44 37.2 39.7 43.6 48.4 52.9 57.2 60.0 21.9 23.2 25.6 28.5 31.4 34.0 35.8
45 to 49 36.9 39.4 43.4 48.1 52.6 56.9 59.7 21.6 23.0 25.4 28.3 31.1 33.7 35.5
50 to 54 35.9 38.5 42.5 47.3 51.7 56.0 58.8 21.0 22.5 25.0 27.8 30.5 33.1 34.9
55 to 59 34.2 37.0 41.1 45.9 50.1 54.4 57.2 20.0 21.7 24.2 27.0 29.7 32.2 33.9
60 to 64 31.8 34.9 39.0 43.8 48.0 52.1 55.0 18.7 20.6 23.3 25.9 28.5 31.0 32.6
65 to 69 28.8 32.1 36.3 41.1 45.2 49.2 52.1 17.2 19.2 22.0 24.6 27.1 29.5 30.9
70 to 74 25.1 28.6 33.0 37.7 41.8 45.7 48.6 15.3 17.6 20.5 23.0 25.3 27.7 28.9
75 to 79 20.7 24.5 29.1 33.7 37.8 41.5 44.4 13.1 15.7 18.7 21.1 23.3 25.5 26.6
Note: Reference equations fit with median height and weight from the World Health Organization Growth Charts Adapted for Canada.
Source: 2007 to 2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey (reference equations).

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