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This single-center prospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Chongqing from 2022 to 2023. Health literacy was assessed using the Brief Health Literacy Screen (BHLS). Six-month follow-up evaluated Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) and medication adherence measured by the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was performed using the three BHLS items, with model selection based on AIC, BIC, entropy, and the bootstrap likelihood ratio test. Logistic regression assessed associations with prognosis and adherence. Among 1\u2009150 patients enrolled, 951 completed follow-up. 42.3% had inadequate health literacy and 172 experienced MACE. In fully adjusted models, inadequate health literacy was associated with higher odds of MACE (OR\u2009=\u20091.721, 95% CI 1.143\u20132.593) and medication non-adherence (OR\u2009=\u20097.864, 95% CI 4.298\u201314.388). 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