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Table 2 Demographic factors between patients with poor and adequate health literacy

From: The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis

 

Poor HL

(n = 63)

Adequate HL

(n = 137)

P value

Age (years)

58 ± 16

49 ± 15

0.0004

Gender

 Male

31(49%)

79(58%)

0.29

 Female

32 (51%)

58 (42%)

Race

 Caucasian

32 (51%)

105 (77%)

0.001

 Non- Caucasian

31(49%)

32 (23%)

Education

 High school or less

28 (44%)

16 (12%)

< 0.001

 College/Graduate

35 (56%)

121(88%)

Yearly Income

   

 ≤50,000

20(32%)

19 (14%)

0.004

 > 50,000

43(68%)

118 (86%)

ASA Class

   

 I/II

48(76%)

118(86%)

0.11

 III/IV

15(24%)

19(14%)

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Classification
  2. HL Health Literacy