I think it's more like if you're close to dying you might also have some trouble grabbing on to stuff. >> Grip strength was not only “inversely associated with

I think it's more like if you're close to dying you might also have some trouble grabbing on to stuff. >> Grip strength was not only “inversely associated with all-cause mortality”—every 5 kilogram (kg) decrement in grip strength was associated with a 17 percent risk increase" Statements like this one need a min/max, better yet some quartiles, to even start to make sense. The relationship can't possibly be linear.