Dietary weight loss and exercise interventions effects on quality of life in overweight/obese postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

Table 5 Bivariate correlations between 12-month changes in health-related quality of life (measured by SF-36) and potential predictors

	Δ Weight		Δ Aerobic fitness		Δ Depression		Δ Perceived stress		Δ Social support
	R	p	r	p	R	p	r	p	r	p
Δ Weight	---	---	-0.02	0.64	0.11	0.02	0.07	0.17	-0.02	0.66
Δ Aerobic fitness	-0.02	0.64	---	---	-0.0006	0.99	-0.08	0.08	0.02	0.61
Δ Physical functioning	-0.28	< 0.001	0.16	< 0.001	-0.21	< 0.001	-0.22	< 0.001	0.24	< 0.001
Δ Role-physical	-0.18	< 0.001	0.05	0.26	-0.23	< 0.001	-0.20	< 0.001	0.22	< 0.001
Δ Vitality	-0.36	< 0.001	0.06	0.22	-0.42	< 0.001	-0.32	< 0.001	0.22	< 0.001
Δ Mental health	-0.13	0.006	0.04	0.43	-0.55	< 0.001	-0.51	< 0.001	0.25	< 0.001

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