Predictors for Increasing Eligibility Level among Home Help Service Users in the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance System

Table 3

Spearman's Rank correlation.

	Age	BMI	Grip strength	CC	PMADL-8	Participation	Social support	MNA	GDS5
BMI	0.006
Grip strength	−0.092	−0.017
CC	−0.111*	0.028	0.354^†
PMADL-8	0.089	−0.021	−0.412^†	−0.156^†
Participation	−0.136*	−0.009	0.273^†	0.194^†	−0.373^†
Social support	−0.035	−0.019	−0.046	0.044	−0.129*	0.214^†
MNA	−0.014	0.580^†	0.048	0.130*	−0.013	0.037	0.060
GDS5	0.087	−0.020	−0.160^†	−0.168^†	0.326^†	−0.400^†	−0.274^†	−0.033
MIS	−0.283^†	−0.040	0.100*	0.117*	0.012	−0.069	0.053	−0.034	−0.028

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^†𝑃<0.01; BMI: body mass index; CC: calf circumference; MNA: mininutritional assessment; GDS5: 5 item geriatric depression scale; MIS: memory impairment screen.