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Patient Demographics and Nutritional Literacy Descriptive Statistics |
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| GROUP 1 (n = 72) |
GROUP 2 (n = 52) |
GROUP 3 (n = 97) |
GROUP 4 (n = 120) |
TOTAL (n = 341) |
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| MEAN (SD) NLS |
24.5 (3.0) |
25.5 (2.4) |
23.2 (4.5) |
22.8 (4.5) |
23.7 (4.1) |
| MEDIAN NLS |
25 |
26 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
| MEAN (SD) AGE |
58.8 (11.7) |
51.0 (14.1) |
41.7 (15.4) |
40.3 (13.5) |
46.4 15.6) |
| MALE % |
19 |
8 |
26 |
26 |
22 |
| CAUCSN % |
39 |
86 |
34 |
20 |
38 |
| EDUC % >HS |
64 |
90 |
75 |
64 |
71 |
| RELIABILITY* |
0.72 |
0.69 |
0.86 |
0.85 |
0.84 |
| VALIDITY** |
0.65 |
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0.59 |
0.69 |
0.61 |
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* Cronbach's coefficient alpha ** Pearson product-moment correlation between NLS and S-TOFHLA scores. Group 2 did not complete the S-TOFHLA. | |||||
Diamond Nutrition Journal 2007 6:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-5 |
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