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Proportion of low HGS was the greatest in the lowest quintile of serum vitamin E level (&lt;10.51 mg\/L, 57.1%), with a decreasing trend toward the highest vitamin E quintile (&gt;17.81 mg\/L, 43.6%; p &lt; 0.001). A one-unit (mg\/L) decrease in vitamin E levels was associated with lower HGS in men (adjusted beta coefficient \u22120.10, 95% confidence interval [CI] \u22120.18 to \u22120.02, p = 0.019), but not in women (\u22120.01, 95% CI \u22120.06 to 0.03, p = 0.550). Compared with the middle quintile (Q3; 12.59\u201314.69 mg\/L), the lowest vitamin E quintile (Q1) was associated with elevated odds of low HGS (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.38, p = 0.045), independent of sociodemographic factors, health-related lifestyles, comorbidities, dietary intake, and cholesterol level. However, the odds of low HGS did not differ significantly in other vitamin E quintiles (Q2, aOR 1.12; Q4, aOR 1.38; Q5, aOR 1.12; p &gt; 0.05). Individuals with the lowest quintile vitamin E level had elevated odds of low HGS independent of covariates, findings which merit further validation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu13051598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,11]],"date-time":"2021-05-11T04:05:32Z","timestamp":1620705932000},"page":"1598","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Low Serum Vitamin E Level Associated with Low Hand Grip Strength in Community-Dwelling Adults: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VII) 2016\u20132018"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Yongjae","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3213-580X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sungjae","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Namki","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4227-5638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yumie","family":"Rhee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1097\/MCO.0000000000000202","article-title":"Muscle strength: Clinical and prognostic value of hand-grip dynamometry","volume":"18","author":"Bohannon","year":"2015","journal-title":"Curr. 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