Summary of demographics of English general practitioners assessed in the study
| Total | Lower risk literacy | Higher risk literacy | P value* | |
| Sample size (%) | 304 | 116 (38.2) | 188 (61.8) | |
| Years of experience, n (%)† | 0.386 | |||
| < 10 years | 63 (20.7) | 23 (19.8) | 40 (21.3) | |
| 10–19 years | 116 (38.2) | 42 (36.2) | 74 (39.4) | |
| 20–29 years | 75 (24.7) | 26 (22.4) | 49 (26.1) | |
| 30–39 years | 40 (13.2) | 19 (16.3) | 21 (11.2) | |
| ≥ 40 years | 10 (3.3) | 6 (5.2) | 4 (2.1) | |
| Size of practice, n (%)† | 0.093 | |||
| 1 practitioner | 3 (1.0) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.5) | |
| 2–3 practitioners | 17 (5.6) | 7 (6.0) | 10 (5.3) | |
| 4–5 practitioners | 80 (26.3) | 21 (18.1) | 59 (31.4) | |
| 6–10 practitioners | 119 (39.1) | 53 (45.7) | 66 (35.1) | |
| > 10 practitioners | 85 (28.0) | 33 (28.4) | 52 (27.7) | |
| Patient list size, M (SD) | 0.320 | |||
| 13 215 (9972) | 12 491 (8827) | 13 663 (10 615) | ||
| Conflicts of interests, n (%)† | 0.031 | |||
| Low | 249 (81.9) | 88 (75.9) | 161 (85.6) | |
| High | 55 (18.1) | 28 (24.1) | 27 (14.4) | |
| Perception of benefit–harm ratio across all scenarios, n (%)† | 0.007 | |||
| More benefits than harms | 125 (41.1) | 59 (50.9) | 66 (35.1) | |
| More harms than benefit | 179 (58.9) | 57 (49.1) | 122 (64.9) |
*χ2 tests for differences between risk literacy groups. P values are two-sided, with satistical significance set at P < 0.05.
†Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100.