Perception of difficulty and glucose control: Effects on academic performance in youth with type I diabetes

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

	Mean	SD
Disease duration (mo)	48.05	41.08
BMI (kg/m2)	21.18	3.85
Peripheral blood glucose (mm/dL)	190.99	89.27
HbA1c (%)	8.39	1.63
Digit symbol coding	55.38	14.7
Digit symbol paring	11.44	5.16
Digit symbol free recall	7.38	1.41
Trails A (s)	39.67	19.02
Trails B (s)	92.74	64.84
COWA	20.26	6.62
CDI	7.23	5.54
Perception of difficulty1	10.15	2.95
Grades2	4.1	0.77

¹Range 1-20;

²Range low to high; 1-5. BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; COWA: Controlled Oral Word Association; CDI: Child depression inventory.