The Claim
Non-athlete transgender women undergoing long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy (average duration 14.4 years) exhibit greater absolute hand grip strength (35.3±5.4 kg) compared to cisgender women (29.7±3.6 kg, p<0.05) but lower than cisgender men (48.4±6.7 kg, p<0.0001), indicating an intermediate strength level in unadjusted measurements.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
Trans women who aren't athletes and have been on hormone therapy for over a decade still have stronger hand grip than cis women, but not as strong as cis men — their strength falls somewhere in the middle.
See the scientific wording
Non-athlete transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy (average 14.4 years) have greater absolute hand grip strength (35.3±5.4 kg) than cisgender women (29.7±3.6 kg, p<0.05) but less than cisgender men (48.4±6.7 kg, p<0.0001), showing an intermediate strength level in unadjusted measurements.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that transgender women on long-term hormone therapy have stronger hand grip than cisgender women but weaker than cisgender men, just like the claim says—when not accounting for muscle mass.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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