Grip And 'Sit To Stand' Tests Can Predict Your Longevity After 60

You might already know that a person’s grip strength correlates strongly with their overall health, ageing status, strength, bone density, cognitive ability, sleep, and more.

A new paper published in JAMA Network Open, which involved over 5,000 women aged 63-99, looked at how both grip strength and a “sit-to-stand” chair rise correlated to mortality. 

After eight years of follow-up, they found that women who did well in both tests were less likely to die in the years after the first tests.