Table 3.
Correlations of HGS analyzed using stepwise multivariate linear regression.
| Totala | Maleb | Femaleb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta (β) coefficient | Partial R-square (%) | P value | Beta (β) coefficient | Partial R-square (%) | P value | Beta (β) coefficient | Partial R-square (%) | P value | |
| Height (cm) | 0.19 | 36.4% | <0.001 | 0.26 | 9.8% | <0.001 | 0.15 | 5.7% | <0.001 |
| Gender (male as reference) | −7.50 | 5.6% | <0.001 | ||||||
| Age (years) | −0.35 | 8.7% | <0.001 | −0.53 | 20.9% | <0.001 | −0.23 | 16.1% | <0.001 |
| Exercise (mins), in 1 week | 0.00 | 0.7% | <0.001 | 0.00 | 0.8% | 0.002 | 0.00 | 1.4% | <0.001 |
| Weight (kgw) | 0.18 | 0.4% | <0.001 | 0.30 | 0.7% | <0.001 | 0.13 | 0.6% | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | −0.12 | 0.9% | <0.001 | −0.24 | 2.6% | <0.001 | −0.09 | 1.3% | <0.001 |
| DM (yes vs no) | −1.16 | 0.4% | <0.001 | −1.33 | 0.5% | 0.014 | −1.00 | 0.7% | 0.001 |
| Heart disease (yes vs no) | −0.63 | 0.1% | 0.015 | −0.64 | 0.3% | 0.016 | |||
| Living Status | |||||||||
| full-time living alone | 1.17 | 0.2% | 0.008 | 2.72 | 0.6% | 0.005 | |||
| part-time living alone | 0.46 | 0.430 | −0.74 | 0.606 | |||||
| not living alone | Reference | ||||||||
| Model R-square | 53.3% | 35.8% | 26.1% | ||||||
Abbreviation: DM: diabetes mellitus
Notes: aThe model was adjusted using regression with stepwise selection for sex, age, heart disease, DM, living status, education level, height, weight, waist circumference, and exercise.
bThe model was adjusted using regression with stepwise selection for age, heart disease, DM, living status, education level, height, weight, waist circumference, and exercise.