Table 3.

Spearman’s rank (rho) and partial rank^† (partial r) correlation coefficients of dietary variables with frailty score.

Variable	Rho	Partial r
Meat and meat products	0.147	0.164
Fish and fish products	−0.257**	−0.297***
Milk and milk products	0.077	0.056
Fruit and vegetables	−0.363***	−0.346***
Cereals and cereal products	−0.007	−0.070
Potatoes	0.199*	0.179*
Soups and sauces	−0.103	−0.124
Nuts and seeds	−0.242**	−0.148
Fats and oils	0.179*	0.199*
Sugars, preserves and snacks	0.217**	0.299**
Alcoholic beverages	0.041	0.120
Non-alcoholic beverages	0.019	−0.015

^†Adjusted for gender, age, energy intake and body mass index.

^*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001; values in bold indicate statistical significance (P < .05)