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Table 5 Association between HL and health-related outcomesa

From: Health literacy in an urban elderly East-German population – results from the population-based CARLA study

 

Male

Female

 

β

95 % CL

β

95 % CL

Health-related variables

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) (mmHg)

0.12

−0.13; 0.37

−0.02

−0.29; .024

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (mmHg)

0.07

−0.06; 0.21

−0.10

−0.23; 0.03

Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)

−0.01

−0.06; 0.05

0.02

−0.06; 0.09

Health-related quality of life (HRQL)

    

SF-12 Physical Health Scores

0.26

0.14; 0.37

0.31

0.20; 0.43

SF-12 Mental Health Scores

0.34

0.21; 0.47

0.52

0.38; 0.65

Number of medical consultations in the last quarter

−0.05

−0.10; −0.01

−0.02

−0.04; 0.01

 

OR

95 % CL

OR

95 % CL

Disease prevalence:

    

Myocardial infarction

1.00

0.95; 1.04

0.94

0.87; 1.02

Stroke

0.91

0.85; 0.97

1.06

0.99; 1.15

Hypertension

0.99

0.95; 1.02

1.00

0.97; 1.04

Diabetes mellitus (DM)

0.96

0.93; 0.99

0.93

0.90; 0.97

  1. aadjusted for age and education