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. 2024 Mar 14;13:e42849. doi: 10.2196/42849

Table 3.

Top 20 statin websites’ category, HONcodea presence or absence, accuracy, credibility, and readability.

Website rank Category HONcode Seal Accuracy Credibility Readability (SMOGb score)
1 Commercial Yes 20 6 10.7
2 Not-for-profit Yes 9 11 11.3
3 Not-for-profit No 23 9 12.5
4 Commercial Yes 16 6 13
5 Commercial No 10 4 7.7
6 Not-for-profit No 15 7 13
7 Commercial No 14 10 9.6
8 Not-for-profit No 13 5 10.8
9 Not-for-profit No 16 11 10.2
10 Commercial Yes 11 10 8.6
11 Commercial Yes 16 9 9.4
12 Commercial No 13 6 11
13 Not-for-profit No 17 9 8.9
14 Not-for-profit No 8 7 9
15 Not-for-profit No 8 7 10.3
16 Media No 8 4 7.8
17 Not-for-profit Yes 16 11 6.7
18 Commercial Yes 19 8 9.7
19 Commercial Yes 21 7 9.2
20 Media No 14 2 8.1

aHONcode: Health on the Net Code of Conduct.

bSMOG: Simple Measure of Gobbledegook.