Table 2.

Testing the mediation effect of physical disability between physical frailty and HRQoL among the participants in Shandong, China, 2019

Predictors	Model 1 (HRQoL)		Model 2 (physical disability)		Model 3 (HQRoL)
	β	t	β	t	β	t
Age	−0.018	−0.731	0.166	6.349**	0.061	2.758*
Education	0.010	0.162	−0.182	−8.326**	−0.084	−4.507**
Physical frailty	−0.423	−26.031**	0.295	17.729**	−0.280	−18.957**
Physical disability					−0.482	−32.407**
R2	0.181 238.859**		0.141 176.932**		0.381 499.748**
F

*p<0.01,**p<0.001.

HRQoL, health-related quality of life.