Table 3. Correlation (Pearson-r) between HbA1c R-value and PIES scores (n=310).
PIES: Psychosocial inventory of ego strengths.
| PIES Parameters | HbA1c R-value | P-value |
| Hope | 0.130 | 0.222 |
| Withdrawal | 0.011 | 0.920 |
| Will | 0.036 | 0.735 |
| Compulsion | -0.106 | 0.318 |
| Purpose | -0.073 | 0.497 |
| Inhibition | -0.033 | 0.757 |
| Competence | 0.022 | 0.836 |
| Inertia | -0.107 | 0.317 |
| Fidelity | -0.003 | 0.976 |
| Role repudiation | -0.077 | 0.471 |
| Love | 0.000 | 0.997 |
| Exclusivity | -0.171 | 0.106 |
| Care | -0.014 | 0.898 |
| Rejectivity | 0.017 | 0.877 |
| Wisdom | -0.057 | 0.596 |
| Disdain | 0.000 | 0.999 |
| Total positive scales | 0.010 | 0.929 |
| Total negative scales | -0.069 | 0.517 |
| Overall PIES score | -0.038 | 0.721 |