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Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficient of health literacy and health-promoting lifestyle in patients with hypertension

From: A cross-sectional study of the relationship between health literacy and health-promoting lifestyles in patients with hypertension in northwest Iran

Variable

Access

Reading

Understanding

Appraisal

Decision-making

Health literacy

Health-promoting life style

Access

1

      

Reading

***0.782

1

     

Understanding

0.826***

***0.857

1

    

Appraisal

0.767***

0.757***

0.806***

1

   

Decision-making

0.727***

***0.669

0.741***

0.751***

1

  

Health literacy

0.898***

0.887***

0.934***

0.891***

0.898***

1

 

Health-promoting life style

0.789***

0.772***

0.820***

0.826***

0.913***

0.927***

1

  1. ***Correlation was significant at the 0.001 level (two-tailed)