Table 3.

Absolute and Relative Risk Perceptions of Developing Cancer by Weight Status

	Healthy		Overweight		Obese		Between Healthy, Overweight and obese	Between healthy and overweight	Between healthy and obese	Between overweight and obese
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p value	p value	p value	p value
How likely are you to get cancer in your lifetime
Very Unlikely	87	9.66	89	9.37	78	8.79
Unlikely	132	13.72	142	13.56	106	13.20	.1089	.1262	.1633	.0706
Neither	384	47.50	412	45.01	308	37.01
Likely	202	23.19	251	29.18	240	33.81
Very Likely	47	5.94	31	2.88	52	7.20
Compared to other people your age, how likely are you to get cancer in your lifetime							.0244*	.1046	.0027*	.1516
Very Unlikely	87	10.14	88	8.76	75	7.94
Unlikely	189	22.11	172	17.39	143	19.06
Neither	368	45.80	426	47.70	313	38.07
Likely	167	15.21	210	22.29	212	30.50
Very Likely	41	6.74	29	3.86	41	4.43

Note:

^*= significant difference at p<0.05.