Table 2 shows the characteristics by cancer screening
by low health literacy for Asian Americans vs. whites
overall and for Asian American subgroups specifically.
For both Asians and whites, significant differences
were seen for cancer screening by low health literacy.
For instance, only 66.9 % of Asian Americans with low
health literacy received pap screening that met guidelines,
compared to 79.3 % of those without low health literacy
(p < 0.001). Similar trends were seen for most Asian
American subgroups; individuals with low health literacy had lower cancer screening rates compared to those
without low health literacy.
Table 3 shows the results of multivariable models predicting
both types of cancer screening for Asian Americans
vs. whites first in the model excluding low health
literacy (Model A) and then in the model including low
health literacy (Model B).