Variables Age Female gender Family size Years with diabetes Learning barriers Food related Problems Satisfaction with diet Diet DFBC MNA score BDSC
Age 1                  
Female gender -0.08 1                
Family size  0.08  0.01 1              
Years with diabetes   0.60# -0.02 -0.01 1            
Learning  barriers  0.33#  0.09 -0.06 0.43# 1          
Food related problems  0.47#  0.17#  0.09 0.44#  0.52# 1        
Satisfaction with diet    0.05  0.05  0.07 0.13* -0.09 -0.12* 1      
Diet DFBC score  0.18#  0.01 -0.10 0.32#  0.35#  0.27# 0.16# 1    
MNA scores -0.54# -0.16# -0.10 -0.49# -0.37# -0.67# -0.03 -0.22# 1  
BDSC  0.26# -0.44# -0.14# 0.28#  0.25#  0.20# -0.14*  0.17# -0.21# 1
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; #Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level,
DFBC (Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist), BDSC (Barrier Diet Self Care), MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment)
Table 6: Bivarriate correlations of variables in final regression model.