 The Northwest Adelaide Health Study is a representative longitudinal cohort study of people originally aged 18 years and over. The aim of this study was to describe normative data for hand-grip strength in a community-based Australian population. Secondary aims were to investigate the relationship between body mass index, BMI, and hand-grip strength, and to compare Australian data with international hand-grip strength norms. Overall, three 206, 81% of those recruited, participants returned to the clinic during the second stage, 2004 to 2006, which specifically focused on the collection of information relating to musculoskeletal conditions. Following the exclusion of 435 participants who had hand pain or arthritis, 1366 men and 1312 women participants provided hand-grip strength measurement. The study population was relatively young, with 41.5% under 40 years, and their mean BMI was 28.1 kilograms per square meter, SD 5.5. Higher hand-grip strength was weekly related to higher BMI in adults under the age of. This article was authored by Taylor and W, Gil Tiffany K, Massa Westrop, Nicola M, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.