My grip strength was excellent with all the whitewater canoeing I was doing, my walking pace was also excellent. The only way to know the stroke was going to occur was if my Dad's doctor had told him to get his kids tested when he was found to have 80% blockage in a carotid artery. My risk level was non-existent from all the stroke risk calculators I have done.
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| Buttercup whitewater slalom races in MN and WI, I took 1rst, 2nd and 3rd in the three years prior to stroke in OC1 and 1rst two years in a row in OC2(Open canoe 2 person), partners have those trophies. Have not paddled whitewater since, if I flipped I would not be able to swim myself, the canoe and the paddle to shore. It is what I miss the most of my pre-stroke life. |
Grip strength and walking pace and cardiovascular disease risk prediction in 406,834 UK Biobank participants
Mayo Clinic Proceedings — Welsh CE, Celis-Morales CA, Ho FK, et al. | April 14, 2020
This study was undertaken to evaluate whether the addition of grip
strength and/or self-reported walking pace to established cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk scores improves their predictive abilities.
Researchers included a sum of 406,834 participants from the UK Biobank,
with baseline measurements between March 13, 2006, and October 1, 2010,
without CVD at baseline. They evaluated the correlations of grip
strength and walking pace with CVD outcomes using Cox models adjusting
for classical risk factors (as included in established risk scores), and
Via alterations in C-index and categorical net reclassification index,
predictive utility was ascertained. The results of this study reveal
that the addition of grip strength or usual walking pace to existing
risk scores results in improved CVD risk prediction, with an additive
impact when both are added. Although further external confirmation is
needed, these tools could serve an important addition to CVD risk
screening due to these measures are cheap and easy to administer.
Read the full article on Mayo Clinic Proceedings
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