Association of physical fitness with quality of life in community-dwelling older adults aged 80 and over in Poland: a cross-sectional study

Lepsy, Ewelina; Radwańska, Ewa; Żurek, Grzegorz; Żurek, Alina; Kaczorowska, Antonina; Radajewska, Alina; Kołcz, Anna

doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02421-5

Table 4 Between sex differences for comparisons of QOL domains and physical fitness parameters according to participants’ age

From: Association of physical fitness with quality of life in community-dwelling older adults aged 80 and over in Poland: a cross-sectional study

Feature		Effect
		b			Age [years]
		Param.	t	p*	Param.	t	p*	β	SE β
Women (N = 67)	Height [cm]	134.1	6.03	< 0.001	0.287	1.07	0.288	0.137	0.128
	Body mass [kg]	72.2	1.86	0.068	−0.038	− 0.08	0.935	− 0.011	0.129
	BMI [kg/m²]	35.64	2.38	0.020	−0.096	−0.53	0.595	−0.069	0.129
	Chair stand [n]	34.70	2.70	0.009	−0.330	−2.13	0.038	−0.265	0.124
	Arm curl [n]	22.00	1.39	0.168	−0.147	− 0.78	0.441	− 0.100	0.128
	Two-minute step test [n]	191.17	2.80	0.007	−1.979	−2.40	0.019	−0.296	0.123
	Sit and reach test [cm]	68.54	1.62	0.110	−0.886	−1.74	0.087	−0.219	0.126
	Back scratch test [cm]	135.40	2.02	0.048	−1.911	−2.37	0.021	−0.292	0.123
	Up and go [s]	−22.37	−0.47	0.642	0.501	0.87	0.389	0.111	0.128
	Overall QOL [score]	7.32	1.95	0.056	−0.042	−0.94	0.351	−0.121	0.128
	General health [score]	8.62	2.19	0.032	−0.063	−1.33	0.188	−0.169	0.127
	Physical domain	71.12	3.37	0.001	−0.563	−2.21	0.031	−0.275	0.124
	Psychological domain	65.34	3.90	< 0.001	−0.512	−2.53	0.014	−0.311	0.123
	Social domain	20.92	2.88	0.006	−0.111	−1.27	0.208	−0.162	0.127
	Environmental domain	44.02	2.39	0.020	−0.154	− 0.70	0.490	− 0.089	0.129
Men (N = 33)	Height [cm]	207.9	10.03	< 0.001	−0.456	−1.83	0.078	−0.327	0.179
	Body mass [kg]	128.1	3.52	0.002	−0.602	−1.37	0.180	−0.251	0.183
	BMI [kg/m²]	31.44	2.53	0.017	−0.053	−0.36	0.724	−0.067	0.189
	Chair stand [n]	24.24	1.31	0.201	−0.175	−0.79	0.438	−0.147	0.187
	Arm curl [n]	21.28	1.11	0.278	−0.096	−0.41	0.683	−0.078	0.188
	Two-minute step test [n]	20.51	0.23	0.818	0.242	0.23	0.821	0.043	0.189
	Sit and reach test [cm]	11.49	0.44	0.665	−0.175	−0.55	0.584	−0.104	0.188
	Back scratch test [cm]	−32.74	−0.36	0.724	0.068	0.06	0.952	0.012	0.189
	Up and go [s]	39.19	2.28	0.030	−0.329	−1.59	0.122	−0.289	0.181
	Overall QOL [score]	0.41	0.11	0.912	0.044	1.00	0.327	0.185	0.186
	General health [score]	4.87	1.55	0.133	−0.013	−0.33	0.743	−0.062	0.189
	Physical domain	20.76	1.04	0.309	0.082	0.34	0.735	0.064	0.189
	Psychological domain	38.76	2.34	0.027	−0.169	−0.85	0.405	−0.158	0.187
	Social domain	22.09	2.62	0.014	−0.124	−1.22	0.232	−0.225	0.184
	Environmental domain	62.43	3.42	0.002	−0.345	−1.57	0.127	−0.285	0.181

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, QOL quality of life, b regression coefficient, SE standard error, t t-quantile, p statistical significance, β standardized regression coefficient
Notes: *values in bold indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)
Required Sample Size: N1 = N2 = 26

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