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Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 Dec 6;93(1):9–15. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.09.018

TABLE 2.

Death and Hospitalizations for Low vs Adequate Health Literacy

Factor	Hazard ratios (95% CIs)		P value

	Adequate health literacy (n=2226)	Low health literacy (n=261)
All-cause death (250 events)
Unadjusted model	1.00	2.30 (1.69–3.15)	<.001
Age and sex adjusted	1.00	2.09 (1.53–2.87)	<.001
Fully adjusted^a	1.00	1.91 (1.38–2.65)	<.001

All-cause hospitalizations (1584 events)
Unadjusted model	1.00	1.48 (1.17–1.88)	.001
Age and sex adjusted	1.00	1.48 (1.17–1.88)	.001
Fully adjusted^a	1.00	1.30 (1.02–1.66)	.03

Adjusted for age, sex, education, marital status, and Charlson Comorbidity Index.