Table 1.

Demographics of the study population (n = 141).

	All respondents n = 141 (%)	Low health literacy n = 71 (%)	Adequate health literacy n = 70 (%)
Gender
Men, n (%)	60 (42)	35 (49)	25 (36)
Women, n (%)	81 (57)	36 (51)	45 (64)
Age, mean ± SD	66.7 ± 5.3	67.6 ± 4.5	65.8 ± 5.8
Education level∗
Low, n (%)	31 (23)	27 (39)	4 (6)
Intermediate, n (%)	77 (57)	33 (48)	44 (66)
High, n (%)	28 (20)	9 (13)	19 (28)
Ethnic origin∗∗
Ethnic Dutch, n (%)	135 (96)	68 (99)	67 (97)
Non-Dutch, n (%)	3 (4)	1 (1)	2 (3)

^∗5 missing: 2 in low HL group, 3 in adequate HL group.

^∗∗3 missing: 2 in low HL group, 1 in adequate HL group.