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Table 5 Kendall’s rank correlation (Kendall’s tau) between activity area measures and self-assessed score and timed mobility test results

From: Measuring the physical and economic impact of filarial lymphoedema in Chikwawa district, Malawi: a case-control study

  

Minimum convex polygon activity area

Kernel smoothing activity area

  

Correlation (tau)

95% CI

Correlation (tau)

95% CI

Disability score

Cases

−0.02

−0.592, 0.547

−0.15

−0.678, 0.360

Controls

−0.05

−0.686, 0.594

−0.05

−0.530, 0.438

Mobility score

Cases

−0.04

−0.481, 0.391

−0.13

−0.666, 0.396

Controls

0.11

−0.355, 0.566

−0.11

−0.566, 0.355

10 m walking test (m/s)

Cases

0.45

0.030, 0.869

0.58

0.193, 0.976

Controls

0.31

−0.163, 0.792

0.31

−0.235, 0.864

Timed up and go (m/s)

Cases

−0.42

−0.797, −0.048

−0.47

−0.933, −0.001

Controls

−0.38

−0.767, 0.011

−0.38

−0.900, 0.145