Handgrip strength
is an efficient tool to evaluate the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function
since handgrip strength is regarded as a predictor of old age disability.
Common agerelated
disease including hypertension and sacropenia are reported to be exacerbated by
disruption of the micro-vascular endothelium and impair
blood flow by increasing in age-related inflammatory agents.
Previously we
reported positive association between handgrip strength and circulating
CD34-positive cells in hypertensive men but not in non-hypertensive men. This
study indicates that vascular maintenance attributed by circulating
CD34-positive cells might compensate for the disturbed handgrips strength
triggered by hypertension induced vascular damage.
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