https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ong-hand-grip/
Women prefer to marry men who have a strong hand grip, a study has revealed.
Researchers discovered that the stronger the grip, the more likely that the man was married. The same correlation was not found with women.
Grip strength is an established measure of health and has been linked to the ability to cope independently and predict the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The findings came from researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia Ageing Centre, who discovered the marital benefits of a stronger grip.
Researchers studied a population of more than 5,000 adults from the Norwegian city of Tromso to examine the relationship of marital status to grip strength.The study contained two successive groups of people - those born between 1923-35 and 1936-48, and assessed grip strength when respondents were aged 59 to 71.
In the tests, using data matched with the Norwegian national death registry, hand grip strength was assessed using a vigorimeter - a device that asks participants to squeeze a rubber balloon.
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