Table 2.

Demographic and Medical Correlates of Self-Care Behaviors and Metabolic Control

	Frequency of Self-Care Behaviors			Metabolic Control
	BGM	Eating	Exercise	HbA1c
Age	.01	.07	−.11	−.21
Gender	−.06	.23	−.03	.18
Race	.29 *	.26 †	.25 †	−.02
SES	.32 *	.18	.07	−.18
BMI	.14	.05	.17	−.01
Disease Duration	−.03	.33 *	−.01	.09
Regimen	.48 **	.21	.27 †	−.49 **

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

gender 0 = male, 1 = female; ethnicity 0 = non-Caucasian, 1 = Caucasian; regimen 0 = conventional, 1 = intensive (multiple daily injections or pump)