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Table 1 Patient Demographics and Nutritional Literacy Descriptive Statistics

From: Development of a reliable and construct valid measure of nutritional literacy in adults

 

GROUP 1 (n = 72)

GROUP 2 (n = 52)

GROUP 3 (n = 97)

GROUP 4 (n = 120)

TOTAL (n = 341)

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

  1. * Cronbach's coefficient alpha
  2. ** Pearson product-moment correlation between NLS and S-TOFHLA scores. Group 2 did not complete the S-TOFHLA.