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. 2025 Jul 30;13:1583645. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1583645

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations and correlations between variables.

Variables M SD Age BMI Perceived stress Medication self-efficacy Medication literacy Medication behavior
Age (years) 13.60 2.85 1.000
BMI (kg/m2) 19.66 3.91 0.248** 1.000
Perceived stress (scores) 6.55 2.82 0.200** 0.080** 1.000
Medication self-efficacy (scores) 9.24 4.12 −0.066** −0.051** 0.211** 1.000
Medication literacy (scores) 36.00 9.86 0.092** 0.039* −0.208** −0.443** 1.000
Medication behavior (scores) 109.49 17.57 0.088** 0.017 −0.299** −0.403** 0.420** 1.000

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05; BMI, body mass index.