Table 1. Means and SDs of worry, perceived likelihood and perceived severity by gender (male=144; female=149) and diseases.

Disease	Worry				Perceived Severity				Perceived likelihood
	Female		Male		Female		Male		Female		Male
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Colon cancer	3.52	2.13	4.11	2.04	6.62	.83	6.58	.75	2.51	1.49	2.85	1.47
Skin cancer	3.25	1.90	3.15	1.88	6.04	1.24	5.62	1.44	2.69	1.67	2.49	1.53
Lung cancer	3.49	2.22	3.47	2.26	6.85	.52	6.85	.44	2.74	1.67	2.61	1.70
Heart disease	4.57	1.98	4.60	1.90	6.62	.71	6.56	.72	3.89	1.76	3.77	1.72
Osteoporosis	3.81	1.97	2.44	1.73	5.53	1.16	5.34	1.41	3.13	1.80	1.94	1.23
Diabetes	4.32	2.09	3.89	2.08	6.07	1.02	5.74	1.32	3.72	1.91	3.36	1.92
High BP	4.62	2.13	4.56	2.05	5.99	1.19	5.60	1.33	4.12	2.05	4.36	1.98
High cholesterol	4.27	1.95	4.34	1.93	5.71	1.24	5.35	1.42	3.87	1.91	4.11	1.87
F	12.56**		37.67**		37.67**		35.74**		17.04**		37.67**

^**p<.01