Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis

Table 7 Intercepts, coefficients, and relationships of hand dimensions with handgrip power (n = 368)

Response variable	Explanatory variable	Intercept (β₀)	Slope (β_i)	Correlation Coefficient (r)	P value
RHGP	Height	− 77.410	0.679	0.569	< 0.0001
	RHL	− 73.747	0.599	0.631	< 0.0001
	RHB	− 67.762	1.268	0.744	< 0.0001
	RHS	− 18.641	0.311	0.487	< 0.0001
	RMFL	− 53.704	1.129	0.557	< 0.0001
	R2ICL	− 6.939	1.507	0.335	< 0.0001
LHGP	Height	− 73.429	0.638	0.567	< 0.0001
	LHL	− 71.347	0.571	0.636	< 0.0001
	LHB	− 64.553	1.202	0.731	< 0.0001
	LHS	− 21.122	0.310	0.503	< 0.0001
	LMFL	− 50.576	1.053	0.563	< 0.0001
	L2ICL	− 11.611	1.579	0.370	< 0.0001

LHL left-hand length, LHB left handbreadth, LHGP left handgrip power, LMFL Left Middle finger length, L2ICL left second inter-crease length, LHS left-hand span, RHL right-hand length, RHB right handbreadth, RHS right-hand span, RHGP right-hand grip power, RMFL right middle finger length, R2ICL right second inter-crease length

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