Table 3.

A comparison of the count of readable websites (a score ≤ 8) by category. SMOG, Simple Measure of Gobbledygook; GF, Gunning Fog Index; FK, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level; CL, Coleman-Liau Index; ARI, Automated Readability Index; NGO, non-governmental organisations; NHS, National Health Service

	Categorised by source					Categorised by content theme
	Government (n = 41)	NGO (n = 34)	Commercial (n = 56)	NHS (n = 17)	p	General information (n = 46)	Population practise (n = 80)	Employment rulings (n = 22)	p
SMOG N (%)	1 (2.3%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.57	0 (0%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0%)	0.42
GF N (%)	5 (12.2%)	3 (8.8%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (5.9%)	0.24	4 (8.7%)	6 (7.5%)	0 (0%)	0.38
FK N (%)	14 (34.1%)	14 (41.2%)	16 (28.6%)	9 (52.9%)	0.27	14 (30.4%)	32 (40%)	7 (31.8%)	0.51
CL N (%)	1 (2.3%)	2 (5.8%)	0 (0%)	1 (5.9%)	0.32	1 (2.1%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0%)	0.61
ARI N (%)	17 (41.5%)	16 (47.0%)	17 (30.4%)	9 (52.9%)	0.25	18 (39.1%)	34 (42.5%)	7 (31.8%)	0.66