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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jun 11;63(6):1112–1120. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13444

Table 2.

Pearson product-moment correlations (except where noted otherwise) among correlates and covariates.

Measure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Baseline
 1. Falls risk 1.00
 2. Gait speed −.18 1.00
 3. Physical activity −.07 .40 1.00
 4. Depression .06 .36 .21 1.00
 5. IADLs −.17 .53 .32 .27 1.00
One-year
 6. Falls risk .49 .29 .24 .23 .35 1.00
 7. Gait speed −.15 .78 .26 .31 .44 .33 1.00
 8. Physical activity .21 .37 .42 .20 .33 .27 .34 1.00
 9. Depression .09 .36 .25 .66 .30 .31 .38 .30 1.00
 10. IADLs .26 .49 .27 .26 .70 .39 .45 .49 .33 1.00
Covariates
 Baseline Age .29 .28 −.11 .10 −.17 .28 .25 −.09 .02 .25
 Female1,2 −.07 .09 .08 −.12 .21 −.19 .12 .20 −.21 .24
 Education1 −.13 .18 .13 −.05 .32 .24 .20 .26 −.12 .31
 Baseline FCI .04 −.17 −.07 .12 −.10 .05 −.15 −.07 .05 −.14
 Residential status1 .14 .07 .06 −.03 .14 .07 .01 .21 −.03 .11
 Baseline MMSE .24 .18 .17 −.05 .42 .34 .21 .16 −.10 .39
 One-year MMSE .26 .25 .18 −.14 .35 .37 .22 .14 .21 .48

Notes. Correlations≥|.20| (p < .01) are in bold. FCI = Functional Comorbidity Index.

IADLs = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. MMSE = Mini-mental State Examination.

1

Spearman’s rho for correlations involving categorical variables.

2

Participant reporting male/female was excluded from correlation analyses involving sex.