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Examining the Reading Level of Internet Medical Information for Common Internal Medicine Diagnoses Nora Hutchinson, MD, CM, MPhil, Grayson L. Baird, MS, Megha Garg, MD, MPH The American Journal of Medicine Volume 129, Issue 6, Pages 637-639 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.008 Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Reading grade level of online sources grouped by Web site. Overall, Wikipedia had the highest reading grade level (14.6), while the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had the lowest (10.7). The shaded region in pink demonstrates the 6-7 reading grade level recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The American Journal of Medicine 2016 129, 637-639DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.008) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Reading grade level of online sources grouped by diagnosis. Overall, online educational materials for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had the lowest reading grade level (10.8) and depression had the highest (13.8). The shaded region in pink demonstrates the 6-7 reading grade level recommended by the NIH. The American Journal of Medicine 2016 129, 637-639DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.008) Copyright © 2016 Terms and Conditions