Association of Health Literacy with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adult Primary Care Patients

Table 1 Sample Characteristics by Health Literacy Levels

Characteristics (n = 347)	Adequate Health Literacy (REALM-R > 6)	Inadequate Health Literacy (REALM-R < 6)	P-value
	260(74.9)	87(25.0)
Age Categories
16-34 years	23.1	12.8	0.120
35-49 years	21.6	20.9
50-64 years	32.6	44.2
65 + years	22.8	22.1
Race
Black	27.7	82.7	< 0.001*
White	68.8	14.9
Hispanic/Other	3.5	2.3
Gender
Male	31.0	36.0	0.387
Female	68.9	63.9
Marital status
Currently married	55.0	32.5	< 0.001*
Not married	44.9	67.5
Education categories
Less than high school graduate	8.3	23.8	< 0.001*
High school graduate	17.8	47.6
Less than college graduate	22.6	20.2
College graduate or higher	51.2	8.3
Employment status
Currently employed	61.6	43.5	0.003*
Unemployed	38.4	56.5
Income categories
< $10,000	10.9	30.5	< 0.001*
$10,000-< $25,000	13.4	42.7
$25,000-< $50.000	24.3	18.3
$50,000-< $75,000	20.2	6.1
$75,000 +	31.1	2.4
Insurance status
Private	67.1	36.1	< 0.001*
Medicaid	7.5	18.1
Medicare	20.2	27.7
Uninsured	5.2	18.1
Health status
Better or same as last year	84.2	87.1	0.527
Worse than last year	15.8	12.9

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