Table 1. Baseline Patient Characteristics by Study Group.

	All	Symptom Intervention with Booster (a)	Symptom Intervention (b)	Weight Management and Diet (c)	Comparisons
Age					ns
n	174	55	60	59
Median	67.0	65.0	68.5	68.0
Age at diagnosis					ns
n	166	52	59	55
Median	54	54	54	55
Years with diagnosis					ns
n	168	51	60	57
M	12	12	15	12
SD	6.21	6.17	7.25	5.23
HbA1C			q		ns
n	180	59	61	60
M	8.29	8.30	8.44	8.11
SD	1.62	1.64	1.63	1.61
Complications					ns
n	175	56	60	59
Median	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Symptoms					ns
n	172	55	59	58
M	8.10	7.82	7.98	8.50
SD	4.09	4.30	3.65	4.35
Diabetes medication					ns
n	174	55	60	59
% None	2	4	2	0
% Oral	44	45	42	46
% Insulin	18	18	17	17
% Both	36	33	40	36
Income					ns
n	170	53	59	58
Median category	< $10,000	$10,000-14,000	< $10,000	$10,000-14,000
Education					(b)&(c) < (a)
n	172	53	60	59
% < high school	51	36	60	56
% high school	22	26	22	19
% > high school	27	38	18	25
Mental quality of life					ns
n	172	55	59	58
M	2.55	2.67	2.43	2.56
SD	0.69	0.60	0.70	0.77
Social quality of life					ns
n	171	55	59	57
M	3.25	3.41	3.19	3.17
SD	0.66	0.57	0.67	0.71
PAID					(c) > (a)
n	165	51	56	58
M	2.28	2.05	2.31	2.44
SD	0.83	0.56	0.75	1.05

Notes. PAID = Problem Areas in Diabetes survey