Table II.

Mean and rank order of biomedical and folk illness as a cause of heart disease, adjusted for gender, language, and household clustering

		18–24 years (N=121)		25–41 years (N=113)		42–51 years (N=124)		52–75 years (N=139)
Cause of Heart Disease	p-value	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank
Age	n/s	2.67	7	2.91	7	2.72	9	2.73	9
Alcohol	<0.05	2.86	6	3.21**	6	3.18**	6	3.08	6
Diet	<0.05	3.41	2	3.55	2	3.69**	2	3.68**	2
Lack of exercise	<0.001	3.47	1	3.66	1	3.81***	1	3.78***	1
Fate	n/s	1.88	10	1.88	10	1.89	10	1.89	10
Genes	<0.001	3.07	5	3.40**	5	3.54***	4	3.40**	4
Stress	<0.001	3.14	4	3.50***	3	3.56***	3	3.52***	3
Tobacco	<0.05	3.19	3	3.42	4	3.52**	5	3.40	4
Embrujo	n/s	1.55	11	1.45	11	1.39	12	1.55	12
Empacho	<0.01	1.25	13	1.22	13	1.43	11	1.56**	11
Mal de ojo	n/s	1.27	12	1.31	12	1.33	13	1.43	13
Nervios	n/s	2.29	8	2.81	8	2.94	7	2.92	7
Susto	n/s	2.08	9	2.60	9	2.83	8	2.84	8

Note: Significance in aged group specific columns denotes pairwise significance compared to the referent (young group).

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001