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Table 4 Correlation between HRQol, PSQI, MNA scores, and verbal fluency tasks among older males and older females

From: Gender difference in health issues and cognitive functions among an Egyptian normal elderly population

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Verbal fluency tasks

Older males

  

Older females

  

Animals

Girls names

Animals

Girls names

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

HRQoL

Physical component

0.097

0.603

0.154

0.409

0.108

0.564

− 0.219

0.236

Mental component

0.343

0.059

0.226

0.222

0.055

0.768

− 0.25

0.174

Total PSQI

− 0.066

0.724

− 0.338

0.063

− 0.146

0.379

− 0.234

0.205

QUAL

0.088

0.637

− 0.315

0.084

0.21

0.25

0.126

0.499

LATEN

0.042

0.824

0.41

0.021

− 0.245

0.185

− 0.147

0.431

DURA

− 0.035

0.851

0.02

0.914

− 0.252

0.175

− 0.108

0.562

HSE

0.022

0.906

0.022

0.906

0.006

0.975

− 0.212

0.252

DIST

0.108

0.561

0.108

0.561

− 0.175

0.346

− 0.265

0.149

DAYDYS

0.233

0.208

− 0.018

0.925

− 0.094

0.615

− 0.286

0.119

MNA screening score

− 0.023

0.901

0.004

0.984

0.168

0.366

0.147

0.429

  1. HRQoL health-related quality of life, PSQI Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, QUAL subjective sleep quality LATEN sleep latency, DURA sleep duration, HSE habitual sleep efficacy, DIST sleep disturbance, MED: use of medications, DAYDYS daytime dysfunction, MNA mini nutritional assessment
  2. *p value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant