American Diabetes Association

Table 2—

Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients

	Function 1^*	Function 2^†
	Visits for diabetes versus chronic illness	Visits for diabetes versus acute illness
Nutrition advice	0.63	0.44
Age	0.40	−0.34
Compliance assessment	0.38	0.10
Time	0.28	0.10
Health promotion	0.17	0.13
Preventive services	0.05	0.37
Procedures	−0.20	0.28
Feedback on evaluation results	0.05	0.28
Health education	−0.22	0.27
Race	0.21	0.27
Chatting	0.08	−0.22
Negotiation	0.16	−0.18
Exercise advice	0.06	−0.11

	Function 1^*	Function 2^†
	Visits for diabetes versus chronic illness	Visits for diabetes versus acute illness
Nutrition advice	0.63	0.44
Age	0.40	−0.34
Compliance assessment	0.38	0.10
Time	0.28	0.10
Health promotion	0.17	0.13
Preventive services	0.05	0.37
Procedures	−0.20	0.28
Feedback on evaluation results	0.05	0.28
Health education	−0.22	0.27
Race	0.21	0.27
Chatting	0.08	−0.22
Negotiation	0.16	−0.18
Exercise advice	0.06	−0.11

A larger coefficient indicates a larger contribution to the total function score.

Primarily discriminates differences between visits for diabetes and visits for other chronic illnesses;

†

primarily discriminates between visits for diabetes and acute illnesses.