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. 2014 Jun 26;2:e459. doi: 10.7717/peerj.459

Table 2. Means for experiment 1.

Means and standard deviations for self-reported health intentions in the controllable long life and uncontrollable short life treatments.

Reported health intention Treatment Mean
(standard deviation)
Effort in looking after health Uncontrollable short life 62.67 (26.72)
Controllable long life 67.93 (20.96)
Intention to eat 5 portions
of fruit and veg per day
Uncontrollable short life 47.94 (34.29)
Controllable long life 63.17 (26.80)
Intention to exercise three
times over the coming week
Uncontrollable short life 60.70 (33.82)
Controllable long life 56.03 (31.85)
Intended units of alcohol
intake over the coming week
Uncontrollable short life 5.69 (7.08)
Controllable long life 8.03 (16.18)