Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants by health literacy level
|  | All participants (n = 305) n (%) | Adequate health literacy (n = 198) n (%) | Inadequate health literacy (n = 107) n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
 Women | 154 (50.49) | 102 (51.52) | 52 (51.40) | 0.63 |
 Men | 151 (49.51) | 96 (48.48) | 55 (48.60) |  |
Age (mean ± SD) | (41.76 ± 13.16) | (43.06 ± 12.24) | (39.36 ± 14.46) | < 0.05 |
 20–34 | 100 (32.79) | 56 (28.28) | 44 (41.12) | < 0.05a |
 35–54 | 147 (48.20) | 105 (53.03) | 42 (39.25) |  |
 55–59 | 21 (6.89) | 16 (8.08) | 5 (4.67) |  |
  ≤ 60 | 37 (12.13) | 21 (10.61) | 16 (14.95) |  |
Education | ||||
  < High school | 48 (15.74) | 25 (12.63) | 23 (21.50) | < 0.001a |
 Less than college | 44 (14.43) | 18 (9.09) | 26 (24.30) |  |
 College | 196 (64.26) | 141 (71.21) | 55 (51.40) |  |
 Graduate School | 17 (5.57) | 14 (7.07) | 3 (2.80) |  |
Number of chronic diseaseb | ||||
 None | 212 (69.51) | 135 (68.18) | 77 (71.96) | 0.49 |
  ≥ 1 | 93 (30.49) | 63 (31.82) | 30 (28.04) |  |
Medication adherencec, mean ± SD | 3.96 ± 0.81 | 4.05 ± 0.72 | 3.79 ± 0.95 | < 0.05 |
Quality of lifed, mean ± SD | 0.74 ± 0.12 | 0.74 ± 0.12 | 0.74 ± 0.12 | 0.76 |