Low health literacy is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Germany

• Egile Nagusiak: Daniel Tajdar (Egilea), Dagmar Lühmann (Egilea), Regina Fertmann (Egilea), Tim Steinberg (Egilea), Hendrik van den Bussche (Egilea), Martin Scherer (Egilea), Ingmar Schäfer (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Low health literacy is believed to be associated with behaviours that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. But there is limited knowledge on the relation between health literacy (HL) and diabetes risk, and whether improving HL could be a potential prevention strategy. Therefore,...