Family Support and Its Association with Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Correlation between demographic data variables and factors.

Demographic variable	Factor		Adolescents ()	Mean	SD	-test; value
Sex	Supervision	Male	28	68.393	15.399	0.669
		Female	28	66.786	12.451
	Self-care	Male	28	68.527	19.187	0.212
		Female	28	62.500	16.382
	Critical	Male	28	79.764	20.181	0.375
		Female	28	74.850	20.950
	Nourishment	Male	28	66.364	18.974	0.251
		Female	28	61.207	13.853
	Emotional	Male	27	74.870	14.272	0.460
		Female	28	72.061	13.746
Location	Supervision	Central area	41	65.061	12.984	0.023
		Non-central	15	74.500	14.399
	Self-care	Central area	41	65.168	14.931	0.814
		Non-central	15	66.458	25.013
	Critical	Central area	41	70.227	18.644	0.001
		Non-central	15	96.660	10.713
	Nourishment	Central area	41	61.851	15.173	0.153
		Non-central	15	69.073	19.807
	Emotional	Central area	40	70.088	11.629	0.003
		Non-central	15	82.380	16.000
Presence of other chronic diseases	Supervision	Yes	5	71.000	13.299	0.570
		No	51	67.255	14.038
	Self-care	Yes	5	61.875	27.099	0.639
		No	51	65.870	17.137
	Critical	Yes	5	82.500	17.785	0.558
		No	51	76.798	20.867
	Nourishment	Yes	5	66.660	24.376	0.690
		No	51	63.504	16.032
	Emotional	Yes	5	66.420	16.464	0.241
		No	50	74.142	13.666

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