Table 2.

Demographic factors between patients with poor and adequate health literacy

	Poor HL (n = 63)	Adequate HL (n = 137)	P value
Age (years)	58 ± 16	49 ± 15	0.0004
Gender
Male	31(49%)	79(58%)	0.29
Female	32 (51%)	58 (42%)
Race
Caucasian	32 (51%)	105 (77%)	0.001
Non- Caucasian	31(49%)	32 (23%)
Education
High school or less	28 (44%)	16 (12%)	< 0.001
College/Graduate	35 (56%)	121(88%)
Yearly Income
≤50,000	20(32%)	19 (14%)	0.004
> 50,000	43(68%)	118 (86%)
ASA Class
I/II	48(76%)	118(86%)	0.11
III/IV	15(24%)	19(14%)

ASA American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Classification

HL Health Literacy