{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,11]],"date-time":"2026-08-11T22:29:53Z","timestamp":1786487393269,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pasifika Medical Association Group","issue":"1640","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["NZMJ"],"abstract":"<jats:p>aim: With the population ageing, age-related illness and hospitalisation are of concern. Chronic sarcopenia, low muscle strength\nand mass, and hand grip strength (HGS) are known to be associated with future hospitalisation in older people. The aim here was to\ndetermine the association of ethnicity and sex with these relationships in New Zealand octogenarians.\nmethods: This paper used data from the LiLACS NZ study, of 421 M\u0101ori and 516 non-M\u0101ori in 2010\u20132011 with follow-up hospitalisation\ndata for 13 years. Generalised linear models tested the association between HGS or probable chronic sarcopenia (PCS; defined as a\nHGS of \u226427kg for men, \u226416kg for women) and hospitalisation rate and total time in hospital. These models were run separately for each\nethnicity and sex.\nresults: Men had greater mean HGS at recruitment than women (30.8 [standard deviation 7.0] M\u0101ori men, 30.3 [6.2] non-M\u0101ori\nmen, 20.0 [5.2] M\u0101ori women, 18.4 [4.5] non-M\u0101ori women). HGS was associated with the future hospitalisation rate for M\u0101ori\nwomen and non-M\u0101ori men (adjusted incidence rate ratio [95% confidence interval] of 0.968 [0.942\u20130.995] and 0.970 [0.951\u20130.991],\nrespectively) but not for non-M\u0101ori women or M\u0101ori men. HGS was also associated with future time in hospital for M\u0101ori and non-\nM\u0101ori men. PCS was associated with an increased future hospitalisation rate for non-M\u0101ori men (1.439 [1.097\u20131.888]) and total time in\nhospital for M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori men.\nconclusions: Investment in reducing PCS could reduce the frequency and total length of hospitalisation for older people and reduce\ninequities for Indigenous M\u0101ori in health outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.26635\/6965.7454","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,11]],"date-time":"2026-08-11T21:50:14Z","timestamp":1786485014000},"page":"51-62","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hand grip strength and future hospitalisations in M\u0101ori and non- M\u0101ori New Zealand octogenarians: the LiLACS NZ cohort study"],"prefix":"10.26635","volume":"139","author":[{"given":"Simon","family":"Moyes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vanessa","family":"Selak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lindsay","family":"Plank","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joanna","family":"Hikaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ngaire","family":"Kerse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11177","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]]},"container-title":["New Zealand Medical Journal"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,11]],"date-time":"2026-08-11T21:50:16Z","timestamp":1786485016000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/nzmj.org.nz\/journal\/vol-139-no-1640\/hand-grip-strength-and-future-hospitalisations-in-maori-and-non-maori-new-zealand-octogenarians-the-lilacs-nz-cohort-study"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1640","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26635\/6965.7454","relation":{},"ISSN":["1175-8716"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1175-8716","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]]}}}