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Table 2 Readability scores (Mean ± SD) of the analyzed website portals (N = 89)

From: Quality and readability of web-based Arabic health information on periodontal disease

 

ALL

Commercial

Health/Prof

Journalism

Others

P*

Number of words

1043.4 ± 668.5

737.1 ± 452.3

1301.3 ± 895.5

1072.6 ± 743.7

1086.7 ± 548.8

0.085

Number of sentences

47.8 ± 35.9

31.5 ± 19.7

62.4 ± 41.0

43.4 ± 35.8

53.6 ± 38.1

0.051

FKGL

6.0 ± 3.7

5.9 ± 3.7

4.9 ± 2.2

7.0 ± 3.9

6.0 ± 4.2

0.370

SMOG

3.2 ± 0.4

3.0 ± 0.1

3.1 ± 0.3

3.2 ± 0.5

3.2 ± 0.4

0.365

FRE

96.7 ± 9.7

96.9 ± 9.7

99.6 ± 5.8

94.1 ± 10.0

96.8 ± 10.9

0.369

  1. * Kruskal-Willis test was used
  2. P value is considered significant at < 0.05