Table 3.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between handgrip strength and other variables.

Parameter	Women		Men
	r	p	r	p
Age [years]	−0.395	p < 0.001 *	−0.228	p = 0.008 *
Body mass [kg]	0.337	p < 0.001 *	0.193	p = 0.025 *
Height [cm]	0.314	p < 0.001 *	0.205	p = 0.018 *
BMI [kg/m2]	0.233	p < 0.001 *	0.07	p = 0.418
Education	0.171	p = 0.005 *	0.366	p < 0.001 *
Number of drugs	−0.226	p < 0.001 *	−0.155	p = 0.073
ADL	0.395	p < 0.001 *	0.44	p < 0.001 *
IADL	0.448	p < 0.001 *	0.472	p < 0.001 *
TUG [s]	−0.615	p < 0.001 *	−0.522	p < 0.001 *
BERG	0.623	p < 0.001 *	0.566	p < 0.001 *

BMI: body mass index, ADL: basic activities of daily living, IADL: instrumental activities of daily living, TUG: Timed up and go test, BERG: Berg Balance Test.

Notes: * Statistically significant (p < 0.05).