Table.

Readability of patient information leaflets about asthma

SMOG grade*	No (%) of leaflets (n=104)†	Cumulative %
5	3 (2.9)	2.9
6	10 (9.6)	12.5
7	12 (11.5)	24.0
8	27 (26.0)	50.0
9	19 (18.3)	68.3
10	18 (17.3)	85.6
11	5 (4.8)	90.4
12	10 (9.6)	100.0

^*Simple measure of gobbledegook (SMOG) readability grades 3-8 are equivalent to reading ability of people with a primary level of education, grades 9-12 are equivalent to those with secondary level education.  

^†Sixty leaflets were too short to analyse (<30 sentences), four leaflets were excluded because they were not written in English.