Table 1 Comparison of the association between health indicators and Sense of Coherence scales‡.

	SOC‐13	SOC‐3‐UTHS	SOC‐3 manageability	SOC‐3 meaningfulness	SOC‐3 comprehensibility
SOC‐13		0.514†	0.521†	0.424†	0.396†
SOC‐13 manageability		0.337†	0.366†	0.248†	0.265†
SOC‐13 meaningfulness		0.531†	0.494†	0.491†	0.398†
SOC‐13 comprehensibility		0.408†	0.432†	0.312†	0.318†
SRH	0.365†	0.245†
CES‐D‐13	−0.627†	−0.380†
Number of diseases	−0.209†	−0.087*

SOC, sense of coherence; SOC‐3‐UTHS, University of Tokyo Health Sociology version of the SOC scale; SRH, self‐rated health.

*p<0.01, †p<0.001.

‡Partial correlation coefficients controlled for sex and age.