The paradox of aging and health-related quality of life in Asian Chinese: results from the Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

Table 2 Intercorrelations among age, health-related variables, and HRQoL (n = 5022)

Variables	Age	MMSE	CES-D	Handgrip strength	SPPB	PCS	MCS
Age	–	−0.40**	0.046*	−0.33**	− 0.42**	− 0.26**	0.063**
MMSE	−0.40**	–	− 0.18**	0.39**	0.43**	0.26**	0.049**
CES-D	0.046*	−0.18**	–	− 0.18**	−0.24**	− 0.25**	−0.67**
Handgrip strength	−0.33**	0.39**	−0.18**	–	0.40**	0.32**	0.066**
SPPB	−0.42**	0.43**	−0.24**	0.40**	–	0.55**	0.082**
PCS	−0.26**	0.26**	−0.25**	0.32**	0.55**	–	−0.048**
MCS	0.063**	0.049**	−0.67**	0.066**	0.082**	−0.048**	–

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