Do Uncontrolled Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Obesity Mediate the Relationship Between Health Literacy and Chronic Kidney Disease Complications?

Int J Environ Res Public Health · 2021 · PMC8157126 · PMID 34069095

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just above the level of significanceno p-value reported

After adjustment for confounders, only diabetes mediated the association between low health literacy and cardiovascular disease, and obesity showed the same amount of mediation but with a p -vale just above the level of significance.

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very close to significanceno p-value reported

Uncontrolled diabetes partially mediated the association between low health literacy and cardiovascular disease in the adjusted analysis, and obesity was very close to significance.

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