Table 4.

Multivariable Models for REALM-D.

	Diabetes				Hypertension
	Unadjusted				Unadjusted
	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value
Yes vs. no	−0.45	−2.15	1.25	0.60	0.16	−1.22	1.53	0.82
	Adjusted Model 1a				Adjusted Model 1a
	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value
Yes vs. no	−0.60	−2.21	1.00	0.46	0.33	−0.91	1.58	0.60
	Adjusted Model 2b				Adjusted Model 2b
	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value	Mean Change	Lower CL	Upper CL	P Value
Yes vs. no	−0.15	−1.81	1.51	0.86	0.73	−0.55	2.01	0.26
Education
<12th grade	Reference				Reference
Grade 12	2.11	−1.48	5.70	0.25	2.03	−1.47	5.54	0.26
Some college	3.40	0.13	6.67	0.04	3.35	−0.01	6.71	0.05
College graduate	5.17	1.97	8.38	0.00	5.11	1.84	8.39	0.00
Race/ethnicity
NH Black	Reference				Reference
Hispanic	0.70	−1.62	3.02	0.56	0.78	−1.54	3.11	0.51
NH Asian	0.53	−2.33	3.39	0.72	0.64	−2.24	3.53	0.66
Other	2.32	0.61	4.04	0.01	2.39	0.66	4.12	0.01
NH White	1.95	0.58	3.32	0.01	1.25	0.69	3.38	0.00
Language spoken as child
Not English	−5.67	−8.28	−3.06	0.00	−5.63	−8.16	−3.10	0.00
Seek health information from Internet
A lot	Reference				Reference
Some	0.25	−1.13	1.63	0.72	0.22	−1.06	1.50	0.74
A little	−0.51	−2.46	1.45	0.61	−0.64	−2.75	1.46	0.55
None	−3.23	−5.76	−0.70	0.01	−3.44	−5.93	−0.95	0.01

Statistically significant associations (P < 0.05) are listed in bold.

CL, confidence limit; NH, non-Hispanic; REALM-D, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine and Dentistry.

^aModel 1 adjusted for demographic variables only.

^bModel 2 also adjusted for preventive variables.