Table 2.

Clinical, Self-management, and Psychosocial Factors by Body Mass Index Weight Status^a

		Overall Sample (N = 318)			Girls (n = 176)			Boys (n = 142)
Characteristic	Scale Range	Normal (n = 194)	Overweight / Obese (n = 124)	P	Normal (n = 101)	Overweight / Obese (n = 75)	P	Normal (n = 95)	Overweight / Obese (n = 47)	P
Clinical factors
A1C, %		8.2	8.6	.03	8.3	8.6	.23	8.1	8.4	.36
Duration of diabetes, y		4.7	5.5	<.05	4.3	5.7	<.01	5.2	5.0	.72
Self-managementb
Diabetes care activities	0–45	32.8	31.4	.03	33.4	31.3	.01	32.3	31.4	.38
Diabetes communication	0–30	18.0	17.5	.40	18.4	17.1	.08	17.7	18.0	.37
Diabetes problem solving	0–21	14.6	14.3	.44	14.8	14.1	.23	14.4	14.5	.89
Psychosocial
Self-worthb	5–20	16.9	16.2	.07	17.3	15.7	<.01	16.5	16.9	.36
Close friendshipb	5–20	17.2	17.0	.54	18.0	17.1	.04	16.4	16.3	.81
Perceived stress	0–56	20.5	22.5	.03	20.2	24.5	<.01	20.6	19.6	.44
Depressionc	0–52	5.7	7.0	.10	4.6	8.2	<.01	6.8	5.3	.29
Quality of lifeb
Diabetes-specific HRQOL	0–100	65.0	62.1	.11	65.9	59.6	<.01	64.8	64.3	.84
General quality of life	0–100	81.6	79.9	.18	82.7	78.2	.01	80.8	81.6	.67
Family factors
Diabetes family supportb	47–235	166.3	164.3	.35	168.1	161.1	.01	164.7	168.7	.21
Diabetes family warmth/caringb	15–75	57.0	56.5	.56	57.7	55.2	.04	56.4	58.3	.19
Diabetes family conflict	19–57	26.0	26.9	.18	26.0	27.7	.05	26.0	25.6	.66

Abbreviation: HRQOL, health-related quality of life.

^aNormal and overweight/obesity values presented as means.

^bLower value indicates inferior score.

^cThe clinical cutoff for depression was 12.