Table 3: Kansas BRFSS 2012 Sample: Associations between health status variables and health literacy*^

Variable	Moderate HL	High HL
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
General health rating
Good or better health	1.66 (1.10-2.49)	2.42 (1.51-3.87)
Poor or fair health	ref	ref
Has chronic conditions
Yes	0.63 (0.38-1.02)	0.47 (0.28-0.78)
No	ref	ref
Activity limitation due to health problems
No	1.57 (1.10-2.26)	2.09 (1.39-3.14)
Yes	ref	ref
Health problems requiring special equipment
No	1.25 (0.80-1.95)	1.93 (1.17-3.18)
Yes	ref	ref
Poor physical health in past month
No poor physical health in past month	1.76 (1.06-2.92)	2.09 (1.17-3.73)
1-15 poor physical health days in past month	0.96 (0.56-1.64)	1.07 (0.58-1.95)
16+ poor physical health days in past month	ref	ref
Poor mental health in past month
No poor mental health in past month	1.58 (0.89-2.80)	1.95 (1.04-3.66)
1-15 poor mental health days in past month	0.86 (0.48-1.55)	0.73 (0.38-1.41)
16+ poor mental health days in past month	ref	ref
Poor physical or mental health in past month kept one from activities (self-care, work, recreation)
No poor physical/mental health in past month	1.06 (0.57-1.95)	1.04 (0.51-2.12)
1-15 poor physical/mental health days in past month	0.77 (0.41-1.43)	0.76 (0.37-1.55)
16+ poor physical/ mental health days in past month	ref	ref
*adjusted for education, employment, income, sex, age , and race
^Relative odds for moderate and high HL compared to low HL