Model 1 Age and sex | Model 2 +education | Model 3 +age-11 IQ | Model 4 +current fluid ability in older age | Model 5 +occup class | Model 6 +health status | |
REALM | 0.95 (0.90 to 1.01) n=794 | 0.96 (0.90 to 1.01) n=794 | 0.96 (0.90 to 1.02) n=752 | 0.97 (0.91 to 1.04) n=746 | 0.97 (0.90 to 1.04) n=731 | 1.00 (0.92 to 1.07) n=728 |
S-TOFHLA | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98)** n=744 | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98)** n=744 | 0.95 (0.91 to 0.98)** n=702 | 0.97 (0.93 to 1.01) n=697 | 0.98 (0.94 to 1.02) n=682 | 1.00 (0.95 to 1.05) n=680 |
NVS | 0.88 (0.80 to 0.97)** n=789 | 0.88 (0.80 to 0.97)* n=789 | 0.89 (0.80 to 0.99)* n=746 | 0.96 (0.86 to 1.08) n=742 | 0.97 (0.86 to 1.09) n=727 | 0.96 (0.85 to 1.08) n=724 |
General functional health literacy | 0.77 (0.65 to 0.92)** n=740 | 0.75 (0.61 to 0.90)** n=740 | 0.74 (0.59 to 0.93)* n=698 | 0.87 (0.67 to 1.13) n=694 | 0.911 (0.70 to 1.19) n=679 | 0.95 (0.72 to 1.25) n=677 |
*P<0.05, **p<0.01.
NVS, Newest Vital Sign; occup class, occupational class; REALM, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine; S-TOFHLA, Shortened Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults.