Table 1.

Spearman’s rho correlations between self-care behaviours and HbA1c (N = 314)

	Mean ± SD	HbA1c	General diet	Specific diet	Exercise	SMBG	Medications
HbA1c (%)	8·2 ± 2·2	1·00
General diet	4·1 ± 2·4	−0·01	1·00
Specific diet	3·9 ± 1·6	−0·11	0·47c	1·00
Exercise	2·6 ± 2·3	−0·11a	0·22c	0·16b	1·00
SMBG	4·8 ± 2·7	0·01	0·18b	0·13a	0·16b	1·00
Medications	6·0 ± 1·8	−0·18b	0·19 c	0·20c	0·13a	0·23c	1·00

HbA1c, glycosylated haemoglobin A1c assessed with a point-of-care device; SD, standard deviation; SMBG, self-monitoring of blood glucose.

^aP < 0·05.

^bP < 0·01.

^cP < 0·001.