Table 4.

Results of multiple linear regression modelling for prediction of disease management variables

Independent variable	B	SE	p Value	R2
HDL
Empowerment	−0.01	0.03	0.94	0.09
Years with diabetes	0.05	0.05	0.42
Age	0.21	0.01	0.001**
Gender	0.20	0.04	0.001**
Medication regimen	0.09	0.07	0.14
LDL
Empowerment	−0.04	0.08	0.54	0.06
Years with diabetes	−0.06	0.13	0.39
Age	−0.18	0.01	0.005**
Gender	0.12	0.11	0.05*
Medication regimen	−0.03	0.17	0.62
Triglycerides
Empowerment	0.05	0.10	0.43	0.02
Years with diabetes	0.01	0.18	0.99
Age	−0.13	0.01	0.04*
Gender	0.03	0.14	0.60
Medication regimen	0.01	0.22	0.85
Cholesterol
Empowerment	0.03	0.08	0.61	0.09
Years with diabetes	−0.18	0.15	0.22
Age	−0.09	0.01	0.13
Gender	0.25	0.12	0.001**
Medication regimen	0.05	0.19	0.40

Adjusted R² denotes the adjusted proportion of the variance explained by the model.

β denotes the standardised variable estimate.

SE denotes the SE of the variable estimate.

*p<0.05, **p<0.01.

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.