Table 2.

Partial Bivariate Correlation Coefficients for Potential Predictor Variables with 18-Month Life-Space

	Partial Bivariate Coefficients (Adjusted for Baseline Life-Space Composite Score)
Factor	African American N = 452	White N = 453
Sociodemographic variables
Age	−.134	−.223‡
Female	−.041	−.056
Married	.064	.123†
Rural	−.105*	−.106*
Income <$8,000	−.056	−.154†
Education <7th grade	−.029	−.164†
Transportation difficulty	−.183‡	−.092
Social support	−.092	.039
Verified medical diagnoses
Heart failure	−.043	−.101*
Cardiac arrhythmia	−.041	−.140†
Peripheral neuropathy	−.085	−.140†
Stroke	−.011	−.144†
Diabetes	−.118*	−.122*
Arthritis or gout	−.088	−.136*
Liver disease	−.094*	−.068
Kidney disease	−.112*	−.047
Dementia	−.148†	−.062
Parkinson's disease	−.150†	−.057
Geriatric syndromes
History of falling	−.136*	−.133†
Urinary incontinence	−.097*	−.131*
Constipation	−.134†	−.145†
Unexplained weight loss	−.030	−.146†
Pain	−.137†	−.121*
Hearing problems	−.044	−.100*
Poor vision	−.119*	−.177‡
Poor appetite	−.114	−.170‡
Neuropsychological factors
Depression	−.155†	−.209‡
Clock drawing (score < 10)	−.128†	−.141†
Anxiety	−.140†	−.177‡
Fear of falling	−.168‡	−.150†
Fear of crashing	−.116*	−.025
Health behaviors
Irregular meals	−.020	−.094*
Physical activity, kcal/week	.063	.158†

^*P < .05.

^†P < .01.

^‡P < .001.