Table 1.
Patient characteristics across the health literacy groups.a
| Groups | Health Literacy |
Total (n = 127) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limited (n = 21) | Good (n = 106) | P-value | ||
| Educationb | ||||
| <High school diploma | 9(42.86%) | 23(21.70%) | 0.0345* | 32(26.02%) |
| ≥High school diploma | 11(52.38%) | 80(75.47%) | 91(73.98%) | |
| Age (years) | 25.76 ± 4.39 | 27.73 ± 5.48 | 0.1247 | 27.40 ± 5.35 |
| BMIc | 33.24 ± 6.09 | 30.04 ± 5.73 | 0.9308 | 30.57 ± 5.89 |
| Diabetes | 0(0.00%) | 3(2.83%) | 1.000 | 3(2.36%) |
| Hypothyroidism | 6(28.57%) | 9(8.49%) | 0.0187* | 15(11.81%) |
| Metformin use | 10(47.62%) | 61(57.55%) | 0.4025 | 71(55.91%) |
| History of PCOSd | ||||
| ≤1 year | 2(9.52%) | 2(1.89%) | 0.2061 | 4(3.15%) |
| 2–3 years | 2(9.52%) | 13(12.26%) | 15(11.81%) | |
| 4–5 years | 9(42.86) | 32(30.18%) | 41(32.28%) | |
| 6–7 years | 3(14.28%) | 30(28.30%) | 33(25.98%) | |
| 8–9 years | 1(4.76%) | 15(14.15%) | 16(12.60%) | |
| ≥10 years | 4(19.04%) | 14(13.21%) | 18(14.17%) | |
| Number of children | ||||
| 0 | 12(57.14%) | 64(60.37%) | 0.1984 | 76(59.84%) |
| 1 | 5(23.81%) | 18(16.98%) | 23(18.11%) | |
| 2 | 3(14.29%) | 15(14.15%) | 18(14.17%) | |
| 3 | 0(0.00%) | 8(7.55%) | 8(6.30%) | |
| 4 | 0(0.00%) | 1(0.94%) | 1(0.79%) | |
| 5 | 1(4.76%) | 0(0.00%) | 1(0.79%) | |
| Ovulation rate improvement | ||||
| Yes | 19(90.48%) | 95(89.62%) | 1.000 | 114(89.76) |
| No | 2(9.52%) | 11(10.37%) | 13(10.24%) | |
a
Data are expressed as n (%) and mean ± standard deviation (SD).
b
Frequency is missing for 4 participants.
c
Body Mass Index.
d
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
*
P < 0.05