Table 2.

Correlations between QoL measures at wave 4 and all predictor variables

W4 QoL	Baseline (wave 1, age 79)												Change (age 79–90)**							Current (wave 4, age 90)
	QoL Physical	QoL Psych	QoL Social	QoL Envir	QoL item	QoL health	Age @w1	Sex	Social class	IPIP C	IPIP ES	Loneliness	ADL change	Grip change	PEF change	BMI change	Anx. change	Dep change	Living change	ADL	Anxiety	Depression	Grip	PEF	BMI	SR health
QoL physical	0.56*	0.29*	0.13	0.21	0.33*	0.44*	0.05	0.01	− 0.02	0.13	0.12	− 0.07	− 0.46*	0.13	0.04	− 0.19	− 0.01	− 0.47*	0.08	− 0.62*	− 0.14	− 0.55*	0.26*	0.13	− 0.28*	0.49*
QoL psych	0.42*	0.61*	0.43*	0.26*	0.39*	0.38*	0.16	0.06	0.10	0.22	0.26*	− 0.36*	− 0.18	0.06	0.17	− 0.09	− 0.30*	− 0.27*	0.08	− 0.20	− 0.41*	− 0.41*	0.13	0.13	− 0.03	0.45*
QoL social	0.27*	0.32*	0.48*	0.22*	0.15	0.22*	− 0.11	0.06	− 0.02	0.06	0.09	− 0.18	0.06	− 0.01	0.21	0.11	− 0.04	− 0.06	− 0.03	− 0.02	− 0.11	− 0.16	− 0.02	0.15	0.02	0.12
QoL envir	0.39*	0.34*	0.33*	0.49*	0.28*	0.30*	0.09	0.06	− 0.28*	0.16	0.21*	− 0.25*	− 0.19	0.09	− 0.01	0.16	− 0.15	− 0.20	− 0.02	− 0.26*	− 0.28*	− 0.32*	0.07	− 0.03	0.14	0.23*
QoL item	0.32*	0.40*	0.33*	0.30*	0.36*	0.37*	0.15	− 0.02	− 0.05	0.10	0.13	− 0.37*	− 0.26*	0.15	0.12	− 0.08	− 0.09	− 0.28*	0.05	− 0.32*	− 0.15	− 0.36*	0.20	0.25*	− 0.06	0.43*
Health QoL item	0.28*	0.22*	0.14	− 0.02	0.24*	0.49*	0.08	− 0.07	0.15	0.07	0.07	− 0.03	− 0.23*	0.12	0.04	− 0.13	0.03	− 0.26*	0.11	− 0.25*	0.02	− 0.27*	0.17	0.05	− 0.17	0.58*

n = 93–125

QoL quality of life, Psych psychological, Envir environmental, ADL activities of daily living (functional ability), PEF peak expiratory flow, IPIP C conscientiousness, IPIP ES emotional stability, Anx anxiety, Dep depression, SR self-rated

*Significant after FDR calculations (approximately p < .02)

**Higher change scores indicate worsening functional ability, anxiety, and depression, but less decline in (or improving) grip strength and lung function, and movement from living alone to not alone