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The fully adjusted linear regression model included sex, age, BMI, creatinine, triglyceride, fasting plasma glucose, and albumin. Sensitivity analyses evaluated alternative treatments of negative and extreme RCII values, and restricted cubic spline analysis assessed potential non-linearity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the fully adjusted complete-case model (N\u00a0=\u00a0116), each 1-unit increase in ln(RCII\u00a0+\u00a01) was associated with a 1.585-kg lower handgrip strength (B = -1.585, 95% CI -2.790 to -0.379; P\u00a0=\u00a00.010). The coefficient remained negative after excluding negative RCII values, using the original RCII scale, truncating negative values to zero, excluding extreme values, and fitting Huber robust regression. Statistical significance was attenuated after P1-P99 and 1.5\u00d7IQR exclusions. RCS analysis showed a significant overall association (P\u00a0=\u00a00.019) without evidence of non-linearity (P\u00a0=\u00a00.245).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher ln(RCII\u00a0+\u00a01) was associated with lower handgrip strength in maintenance hemodialysis patients after adjustment for seven clinically relevant covariates. 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