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study relationship health literacy memory verbal fluency older adultscrosssectional cohorttwenty senior centers apartment buildings new york new yorkindependently living english spanishspeaking adults aged 60 older n414health literacy measured using short test functional health literacy adults stofhla associations stofhla scores immediate delayed recall wechsler memory scale ii verbal fluency animal naming global cognitive function minimental state examination mmse modeled using multivariable logistic linear regressionhealth literacy inadequate 243 participants impairment immediate recall occurred 204 delayed recall 150 verbal fluency 99 mmse 174 abnormal cognitive function strongly associated inadequate health literacy immediate recall adjusted odds ratio aor344 95 confidence interval ci171694 p001 delayed recall aor348 95 ci158767 p002 verbal fluency aor347 95 ci144838 p006 associations persisted subgroups excluded individuals normal ageadjusted mmse scoresmemory verbal fluency strongly associated health literacy independently education health status even subtle cognitive dysfunction reducing cognitive burden health information might mitigate detrimental effects limited health literacy older adults research examines effect materials modified older adults cognitive limitations health literacy health outcomes needed