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Table 4. Correlations of health literacy measures with SF-36 and EQ-5D.

	HL	NUM	FACT	LIS	TOFHLA Total	SF Phys Func^a	SF Limit Phys Func^a	SF Limit Emot Probs^a	SF Energy/ Fatigue	SF Emotional Wellbeing	SF Social Function	SF Pain	SF General Health	EQ-5D
HL	1.00	.82**	.72**	.65**	.69**	.27**	−0.08	−.11*	0.07	.22**	.17**	.12**	.14**	.26**
NUM		1.00	.53**	.57**	.63**	.24**	−0.07	−0.08	0.01	.15**	.18**	.13**	.10*	.23**
FACT			1.00	.42**	.46**	0.08	0.01	−0.09	0.06	.18**	.13**	0.05	.11*	.11*
LIS				1.00	.53**	.21**	−0.07	−.11*	0.03	.14**	.13**	0.09	0.04	.18**
TOFHLA Total					1.00	.25**	−0.09	−0.07	0.02	.14**	.10*	0.05	.13**	.19**
SF Phys Func^a						1.00	−.63**	−.31**	.45**	.25**	.39**	.61**	.45**	.87**
SF Limit Phys Func^a							1.00	.31**	−.46**	−.29**	−.49**	−.62**	−.43**	−.71**
SF Limit Emot Probs^a								1.00	−.48**	−.61**	−.61**	−.34**	−.37**	−.49**
SF Energy/Fatigue									1.00	.64**	.59**	.53**	.63**	.64**
SF Emotional Wellbeing										1.00	.65**	.34**	.47**	.56**
SF Social Function											1.00	.50**	.51**	.67**
SF Pain												1.00	.49**	.86**
SF General Health													1.00	.62**
EQ 5D														1.00

HL = FLIGHT/VIDAS General Health Literacy; NUM = FLIGHT/VIDAS Numeracy; FACT = FLIGHT/VIDAS Conceptual Knowledge; LIS = FLIGHT/VIDAS Listening; SF Phys Func = SF-36 Physical Function; SF Limit Phys Func = SF-36 Role limitations due to physical health; SF Limit Emot Probs = SF-36 Role limitations due to emotional problems