Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Table 3 Correlation between BDI, SF-36 and PAID range and baseline numerical variables and their respective ranges

From: Insulin mediated improvement in glycemic control in elderly with type 2 diabetes mellitus can improve depressive symptoms and does not seem to impair health-related quality of life

	Variable		Absolute range (after-before)
	Variable		BDI	Physical functioning	Role physical	Pain	General health	Vitality	Social functioning	Role emotional	Mental health
Baseline	Age	r_s	0.139	−0.084	0.041	−0.323	0.285	0.026	−0.284	−0.305	0.052
	BMI	r_s	−0.201	0.158	0.301	−0.058	0.161	0.149	−0.061	0.046	0.235
	Waist circumference	r_s	−0.167	0.204	0.203	−0.182	0.105	0.278	−0.028	−0.166	0.179
	Hb A1C	r_s	−0.121	−0.092	0.082	0.093	0.287	−0.018	−0.050	0.138	0.238
	BDI	r_s	−0.608	−0.039	0.268	0.250	0.107	−0.048	0.076	0.012	−0.118
	BDI	p	0.001
Range (after/before)	BMI	r_s	0.276	−0.098	−0.142	−0.103	0.090	0.014	−0.022	0.074	0.010
	Waist circumference	r_s	0.196	0.008	−0.141	−0.363	0.003	0.162	−0.047	0.214	0.134
	HbA1C	r_s	0.337	−0.121	−0.221	−0.149	−0.306	−0.051	0.050	−0.033	−0.132
	BDI	r_s		−0.393	−0.394	−0.427	−0.347	−0.309	−0.368	−0.162	−0.288
	BDI	p		0.038	0.038	0.023	0.071	0.11	0.054	0.41	0.14

r _s: Spearman’ s rank correlation coefficient; p: value. p values not shown did not achieved statistical significance

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