Association between health literacy and metabolic syndrome or healthy lifestyle characteristics among community-dwelling Japanese people

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of health literacy for men and women with 6–7 healthy lifestyle characteristics

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	Univariate analysis			Model 1^c			Model 2^d
	OR^a	95 % CI^b	P ^e	OR^a	95 % CI^b	P ^e	OR^a	95 % CI^b	P^e
For men (N = 781)
Health literacy
Seeking information from various sources (≥4 vs. <4)	1.26	0.78–2.02		–	–		1.44	0.89–2.34
Extracting relevant information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.31	0.85–2.01		–	–		1.50	0.97–2.32
Understanding and communicating the information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.59	1.06–2.39	**	–	–		1.63	1.08–2.47	*
Considering the credibility of the information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.49	0.99–2.23		–	–		1.39	0.92–2.10
Making decisions based on the information (≥4 vs. <4)	2.16	1.42–3.27	**	–	–		2.04	1.34–3.10	**
Total score (≥14 vs. <14)	1.99	1.29–3.06	**	2.08	1.33–3.23	**	–	–
For women (N = 1036)
Health literacy
Seeking information from various sources (≥4 vs. <4)	0.87	0.61–1.23		–	–		1.05	0.73–1.51
Extracting relevant information (≥4 vs. <4)	0.81	0.60–1.09		–	–		0.87	0.64–1.18
Understanding and communicating the information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.07	0.80–1.42		–	–		0.98	0.73–1.31
Considering the credibility of the information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.56	1.17–2.01	**	–	–		1.43	1.07–1.92	*
Making decisions based on the information (≥4 vs. <4)	1.54	1.15–2.05	**	–	–		1.38	1.30–1.85	**
Total score (≥14 vs. <14)	1.15	0.86–1.54		1.17	0.86–1.58		–	–

^a Odds ratio
^b 95 % confidence interval
^c Model 1 was adjusted for age (years), total health literacy score (≥14 vs. <14), and atherosclerotic complications (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases)
^d Model 2 was adjusted for age (years), five health literacy items (≥4 vs. <4), and atherosclerotic complications (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases)
^e ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05

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