Knowledge, attitude, and practice of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to their disease: a cross-sectional study among Palestinians of the West Bank

Table 3 Correlation between knowledge, attitude, and practice scores with socioeconomic and clinical variables of the patients

Variable		Knowledge score	Attitude score	Practice score	Age	Monthly household income	Time elapsed since diagnosis	Fasting plasma glucose	Postprandial plasma glucose	HbA_1c	Body Mass Index
Knowledge score	rho	–	0.34	0.46	−0.26	0.27	−0.19	−0.24	−0.18	−0.17	−0.13
Knowledge score	p-value	–	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.004	< 0.001	0.007	0.015	0.056
Attitude score	rho	0.34	–	0.49	0.00	0.08	0.00	−0.24	−0.24	−0.14	−0.19
Attitude score	p-value	< 0.001	–	< 0.001	0.958	0.221	0.997	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.048	0.005
Practice score	rho	0.46	0.49	–	− 0.24	0.11	− 0.30	− 0.30	− 0.36	− 0.38	− 0.24
Practice score	p-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	–	< 0.001	0.116	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

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