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. 2025 May 4;12(5):901–911. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaf035

Table 2:

Readability + Quality of all websites and websites by the properties of the center.

All Centers NCI Designated + 7 Principles Only 7 Principles Only NCI Designated Neither NCI Designated Nor 7 Principles Met Patient Orgs. P-value
n = 91 n = 23 n = 16 n = 39 n = 13 n = 8
Readability Score Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
FK Reading Ease 47.27 10.94 45.10 11.52 44.73 8.90 49.02 10.63 49.00 12.91 53.46 7.11 .233
FK Grade Level 11.07 2.10 11.55 2.15 11.43 1.59 10.77 2.14 10.67 2.41 10.36 1.46 .419
Gunning Fog Score 13.79 2.32 14.25 2.40 14.10 1.63 13.52 2.42 13.43 2.64 13.14 1.66 .610
SMOG Index 10.10 1.69 10.39 1.72 10.39 1.21 9.90 1.77 9.83 1.93 9.50 1.19 .556
Coleman Liau Index 13.90 1.37 14.07 1.42 14.24 1.10 13.65 1.32 13.91 1.71 12.66 1.10 .073
% with eighth grade reading level 9.89% 8.7% 0% 12.82% 15.38% 0% .508
Discern (qualitative) 3.24 0.82 3.17 0.86 3.16 0.85 3.35 0.77 3.12 0.89 4.13 0.88 .054
Discern (quantitative) 46.48 7.00 46.41 7.80 46.13 7.47 47.28 6.48 44.65 6.90 57.13 6.48 .002*
JAMA Benchmark 0.49 0.87 0.39 0.78 0.84 1.01 0.44 0.87 0.42 0.86 1.38 0.83 .037*