Age independency of mobility decrease assessed using the Locomotive Syndrome Risk Test in elderly with disability: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Correlations between the three test scores and age in the care-level elderly (n = 95)^a

		Age	Two-step test score	Total GLFS-25 score	Stand-up test score
Age	Pearson’s r		−0.066	−0.122	− 0.016
Age	P-value		0.523	0.247	0.878
Two-step test score	Pearson’s r			−0.315 ^*	0.461 ^*
Two-step test score	P-value			0.002	< 0.001
Total GLFS-25 score	Pearson’s r				−0.302 ^*
Total GLFS-25 score	P-value				0.003
Stand-up test score	Pearson’s r
Stand-up test score	P-value
Sex	Spearman’s rho	−0.323 ^*	−0.103	− 0.027	0.294 ^*
Sex	P-value	0.001	0.318	0.799	0.004

*p < 0.05, two-tailed; Statistically significant correlations at the p < 0.05 level were italicized; ^aTotal GLFS-25 score (n = 92); Pearson’s r Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s rho Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, GLFS Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

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