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Readability was assessed via Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level. Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P) assessed understandability and actionability. The Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count dictionary assessed language differences to measure sex\/gender\/ethnic\/SES-related bias. A qualitative analysis assessed accuracy and robustness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>RESULTS: Forty LLM-generated responses were analyzed. Mean Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level ranged between 9.9 (SD=0.8; Low SES persona) and 11.4 (SD=1.5; Boy persona). Thirty-six (90%) and 27 (67.5%) responses scored above the 70% adequate PEMAT-P threshold for understandability and actionability, respectively. The Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test revealed no statistically significant language differences between personas, across LLMs (p&gt;.05). 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