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. 2026 Apr 6;26:808. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-09118-6

Table 2.

Correlation between components of genetic literacy

Variables	Statistical test	Genetic/Genomic knowledge	Health Numeracy	Communicative and critical Health Literacy	Risk Perception for Genetic Testing	Benefits Perception for Genetic Testing
Genetic/Genomic knowledge	Pearson Correlation	1	.144^*	-.021	.134^*	.024
Genetic/Genomic knowledge	Sig. (2-tailed)		.012	.713	.020	.684
Health Numeracy	Pearson Correlation	.144^*	1	.354^**	-.067	.070
Health Numeracy	Sig. (2-tailed)	.012		.000	.247	.224
Communicative and critical Health Literacy	Pearson Correlation	-.021	.354^**	1	.196^**	.466^**
Communicative and critical Health Literacy	Sig. (2-tailed)	.713	.000		.001	.000
Risk Perception for Genetic Testing	Pearson Correlation	.134^*	-.067	.196^**	1	.423^**
Risk Perception for Genetic Testing	Sig. (2-tailed)	.020	.247	.001		.000
Benefits Perception for Genetic Testing	Pearson Correlation	.024	.070	.466^**	.423^**	1
Benefits Perception for Genetic Testing	Sig. (2-tailed)	.684	.224	.000	.000

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001