Figure 2. . Correlation results between information or advice offering and seeking behavior and other behavioral traits of diabetes mellitus survey participants.

Panel (A) shows correlation results from respondents who usedsocial media to provide advice about diabetes vs. their own self-reported eating habits. Panel (B) shows the analysis of respondents who used social media to provide advice about diabetes vs. their own self-reported exercise habits. Panel (C) illustrates the correlation between using social media to obtain advice about diabetes vs. tendency to communicate with their health care provider. Data is derived from the web-based survey. The correlation parameters r and p-value are shown in the subfigure title. The symbols represent number of respondents (circle = one response, triangle = two, diamond = three and square = four).