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Table 5. Health status and healthcare utilization for health literacy groups.

Mean (SD) for Tertile of Health Literacy

Variable	Low	Intermediate	High	df	F	P
Conditions	3.6 (3.4)	2.8 (2.9)	2.4 (2.4)	2,414	3.01	0.050
Symptoms	15.5 (10.3)	13.4 (9.6)	10.1 (8.0)	2,370	6.64	0.001
Medications	1.7 (1.7)	1.3 (1.6)	1.0 (1.2)	2,420	3.78	0.02
Doctor Visits	11.5 (17.9)	10.8 (19.6)	7.0 (7.3)	2,381	3.32	0.04