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1 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 (June 2016) DOI: /j.amjmed Copyright © Terms and Conditions

2 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  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions

3 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  , DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © Terms and Conditions

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