Table 7.

Health literacy and outcomes: summary of findings.

Category	Outcome	Design (Total Number of Studies by Design)	Positive Results (p < 0.05)	Negative Results (p < 0.05)	Non-Significant Results (p > 0.05)
Blood pressure	Blood pressure control	Cross-sectional (N = 15)	11	1	3
		Cohort (N = 1)	1
		RCT (N = 1)			1
	Blood pressure/Hypertension knowledge	Cross-sectional (N = 2)	2
Salt	Low salt diet adherence	Cross-sectional (N = 1)			1
	Salt awareness	Cross-sectional (N = 1)	1
	24 h urine	Cross-sectional (N = 1)			1
	Health literacy sodium restriction	Cross-sectional (N = 1)	1