Table 2.

Characteristics of the Study Population by Vision Status and Health Literacy

	Sufficient Vision	Insufficient Vision	P	Adequate HL	Low HL	P
Low HL, % (n)	34.0 (355)	53.5 (446)	< 0.001	--	--	--
Age ≥ 65, % (n)	18.8 (199)	45.7 (384)	< 0.001	25.4 (273)	37.8 (303)	< 0.001
Female, % (n)	55.8 (591)	54.6 (459)	0.59	57.6 (620)	52.2 (418)	0.02
AA race, % (n)	75.2 (771)	81.3 (667)	0.001	75.7 (793)	80.9 (632)	0.007
Health < good, % (n)	52.2 (550)	54.8 (457)	0.27	50.1 (538)	57.5 (457)	0.001
HS graduate, % (n)	85.5 (881)	76.5 (629)	< 0.001	89.3 (941)	70.7 (553)	< 0.001

Abbreviations: HL, health literacy; AA, African-American; HS, high school