Table 1.
Patient Demographics and Nutritional Literacy Descriptive Statistics
| 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 | -- | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.61 |
* Cronbach's coefficient alpha
** Pearson product-moment correlation between NLS and S-TOFHLA scores. Group 2 did not complete the S-TOFHLA.