Handgrip strength is a comorbidity marker in systemic necrotizing vasculitides and predicts the risk of fracture and serious adverse events

Abstract

Handgrip strength is associated in SNV with nutritional status and comorbidities such as bone disease, and seems to predict, as in other medical conditions, the risk of fracture and serious adverse events during follow-up. In contrast, assessment of skeletal muscle mass index in this population remains uncertain.