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Readability scores of websites depending on their Health On the Net Foundation code of conduct (HONcode) certification
| Readability formula | Mean (SD) | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONcode-certified | Non-HONcode-certified | |||||||
| FRE | 46.2 | (16.7) | Difficult | 47.3 | (11.2) | Difficult | 0.884 | |
| Gunning Fog | 12.8 | (3.0) | Hard to read | 13.3 | (2.2) | Hard to read | 0.648 | |
| FKGL | 11.1 | (2.9) | 11th grade | 11.4 | (2.1) | 11th grade | 0.725 | |
| SMOG | 9.8 | (2.3) | 10th grade | 10.3 | (1.7) | 10th grade | 0.541 | |
