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

Table 5 Correlations between the three test scores, age, and sex among independent community dwellers (n = 1469)

		Age	Two-step test score	Total GLFS-25 score	Stand-up test score
Age	Pearson’s r		−0.356 ^*	0.190 ^*	−0.329 ^*
Age	P-value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Two-step test score	Pearson’s r			−0.288 ^*	0.427 ^*
Two-step test score	P-value			< 0.001	< 0.001
Total GLFS-25 score	Pearson’s r				−0.256 ^*
Total GLFS-25 score	P-value				< 0.001
Stand-up test score	Pearson’s r
Stand-up test score	P-value
Sex	Spearman’s rho	0.007	0.240 ^*	−0.090 ^*	0.131 ^*
Sex	P-value	0.799	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001

*p < 0.05, two-tailed; Statistically significant correlations at the p < 0.05 level were italicized; Pearson’s r Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s rho Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, GLFS Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale

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