Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of health literacy for men and women with metabolic syndrome
Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||||||
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Model 1c | Model 2d | ||||||||
ORa | 95 % CIb | P e | ORa | 95 % CIb | P e | ORa | 95 % CIb | Pe | |
For men (N = 742) | |||||||||
Health literacy | |||||||||
Seeking information from various sources (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.83 | 0.56–1.21 | – | – | 0.75 | 0.52–1.09 | |||
Extracting relevant information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.82 | 0.58–1.18 | – | – | 0.80 | 0.55–1.11 | |||
Understanding and communicating the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.80 | 0.57–1.14 | – | – | 0.80 | 0.57–1.13 | |||
Considering the credibility of the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.82 | 0.58–1.16 | – | – | 0.80 | 0.55–1.10 | |||
Making decisions based on the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.64 | 0.45–0.91 | * | – | – | 0.62 | 0.44–0.88 | ** | |
Total score (≥14 vs. <14) | 0.69 | 0.49–0.97 | * | 0.67 | 0.48–0.95 | ** | – | – | |
For women (N = 1006) | |||||||||
Health literacy | |||||||||
Seeking information from various sources (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.62 | 0.43–0.89 | ** | – | – | 0.81 | 0.55–1.19 | ||
Extracting relevant information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.67 | 0.48–0.93 | * | – | – | 0.81 | 0.57–1.13 | ||
Understanding and communicating the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.88 | 0.64–1.21 | – | – | 0.85 | 0.61–1.18 | |||
Considering the credibility of the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.97 | 0.70–1.33 | – | – | 0.89 | 0.64–1.24 | |||
Making decisions based on the information (≥4 vs. <4) | 0.80 | 0.59–1.10 | – | – | 0.68 | 0.49–0.95 | * | ||
Total score (≥14 vs. <14) | 0.82 | 0.60–1.13 | 0.80 | 0.57–1.12 | – | – | |||