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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Sep 18;110(2):193–201. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.09.007

Table 2.

Pearson’s Correlation for Association between HbA1c and demographics, social determinant of health variables, clinical factors, and knowledge/self-care

Correlation coefficient

Age *** −0.15
Education * −0.08
Income −0.06
Employment * 0.09
Diabetes duration *** 0.16
BMI −0.03
Comorbidity 0.04
Health status * 0.10
Diabetes knowledge 0.05
Self-care
 General Diet ** −0.12
 Specific Diet −0.07
 Exercise * −0.10
 Blood Sugar Testing * 0.09
 Foot Care 0.03
Medication Adherence *** −0.20
Psychosocial Factors
 Fatalism * 0.08
 Depression *** 0.16
 Diabetes Distress *** 0.27
 Serious Psychological Distress ** 0.13
 Self-efficacy *** −0.34
 Social Support * −0.09
 Perceived Stress ** 0.12
Neighborhood Factors
 Neighborhood Aesthetics * 0.10
 Walking/Exercise Environment * 0.09
 Neighborhood Safety 0.07
 Access to Healthy Foods 0.06
 Social Cohesion −0.04
 Neighborhood Violence ** 0.12
 Neighborhood Crime ** 0.13
 Self-rating of Neighborhood *** 0.15
 Neighborhood Comparison * 0.10
 Recreational Facilities 0.06
 Neighborhood Activity Index 0.03
 Perceived Neighborhood Problems * −0.01
 Food insecurity *** 0.15
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001