Demographic risk factors, mediators, and moderators in youths' diabetes metabolic control.

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the most frequently identified and potent predictors of disease morbidity and mortality. It also predicts diabetes care and metabolic control, yet it is often confounded with parental marital status and ethnicity in pediatric samples.

Purpose: Key demographic risk factors for poorer metabolic control in adolescents with type I diabetes are examined to distinguish their relative effects, along with disease care mediators and family environment moderators.