Osteoarthritis and functional disability: results of a cross sectional study among primary care patients in Germany

Table 3 Correlations of patients' demographic and clinical variables with the lower body scale of AIMS2-SF

		Lower body scale Spearman rho
Gender**		0.121
Age*		0.098
Education**		-0.137
Marital status*		-0.081
Disease duration**		0.177
BMI**		0.159
IPAQ score (MET/week)**		0.136
Kellgren score*		0.298
No. of comorbidities**		0.138
PHQ-9 sum score**		0.445
AIMS 2-SF scales	Upper body*	0.210
	Symptom**	0.515
	Affect**	0.470
	Social**	0.199

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