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Table 2 Correlation matrix of Health related Quality of Life with age, gender, cognition, symptom burden, physical activity, activities of daily living and depression

From: Factors related to health-related quality of life in older people with multimorbidity and high health care consumption over a two-year period

  HrQoL Age Gender Cognition Symptom burden Physical activity Activities of daily living Depression
HrQoL 1        
Age .062** 1       
Gendera −.224** −.106 1      
Cognition −.113 −.163 −.106 1     
Symptom burden .719** .063 .231** −.064 1    
Physical activity −.374** −.015 .209** .143* −.196** 1   
Activities of daily living −.437** −.034 .204** .124 .275** .436** 1  
Depression .651** .050 −.165* −.139* .553** −.294* −.367** 1
  1. HrQoL Health related quality of life
  2. * p < .005 ** p < .001
  3. a variable dichotomized: 0 = female; 1 = male
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BMC Geriatrics

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