Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and correlations for all variables

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 Total HL score	–	–	–	–	–	–
2 Functional HL	0.83**	–	–	–	–	–
3 Communicative HL	0.80**	–	–	–	–	–
4 Critical HL	0.69**	–	–	–	–	–
5 Self-care	0.28**	0.16*	0.21**	0.32**	–	–
6 HbA1c	−0.27**	−0.17*	−0.22**	−0.31**	−0.21**	–
Mean	2.65	2.67	2.55	2.75	3.55	7.85
SD	0.77	1.25	0.83	0.82	1.12	1.97

Notes: *P<0.01; **P<0.001.

Abbreviations: HL, health literacy; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin.