Table 6.

Correlations between illness perception and cardiovascular health behaviour in each variables(r,P).

Variable	Cardiovascular Health Behaviors
Illness Perception	Smoking cessation	Diet management	Blood pressure control	Physical activity	Stress management	Taking medication	Total score
Consequences	0.359∗∗	0.238∗∗	0.107	0.067	0.250∗∗	0.196∗∗	0.412∗∗
	0.000	0.000	0.103	0.310	0.310	0.003	0.000
Timeline	0.419∗∗	0.224∗∗	0.119	0.090	0.220∗∗	0.229∗∗	0.220∗∗
	0.000	0.001	0.069	0.171	0.001	0.000	0.000
Personal control	0.264∗∗	0.188∗∗	0.000	0.126	0.117	0.238∗∗	0.286∗∗
	0.000	0.004	0.998	0.054	0.740	0.000	0.000
Treatment control	0.216∗∗	0.073	0.121	0.123	0.182∗∗	0.089	0.263∗∗
	0.001	0.265	0.063	0.061	0.05	0.173	0.000
Identity	0.251	0.174∗∗	0.091	0.066	0.217∗∗	0.126	0.319∗∗
	0.000	0.008	0.163	0.316	0.001	0.053	0.000
Concern	0.367∗∗	0.184∗∗	0.179∗∗	0.051	0.293∗∗	0.188∗∗	0.437∗∗
	0.000	0.005	0.006	0.433	0.000	0.004	0.000
Coherence	0.411∗∗	0.217∗∗	0.140∗	0.051	0.233∗∗	0.198∗∗	0.416∗∗
	0.000	0.001	0.032	0.433	0.000	0.002	0.000
Emotion	0.300∗∗	0.146∗	0.050	0.046	0.173∗∗	0.172∗∗	0.290∗∗
	0.000	0.025	0.447	0.478	0.008	0.008	0.000

Note: ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).