Table 5.
Concern for risk factors affecting cardiovascular diseases (N = 601).
| Concern | Not at All Concerned | Extremely Concerned |
Mean(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Factors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Obesity | 26.5% | 11.8% | 12.6% | 12.1% | 13.5% | 9.5% | 14.1% | 3.59 (2.14) |
|
| Smoking | 26.3% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 11.3% | 15.1% | 12.1% | 17.3% | 3.86 (2.23) |
|
| Blood pressure | 18.0% | 8.2% | 9.0% | 18.3% | 18.0% | 12.6% | 16.0% | 4.12 (2.04) |
|
| Diabetes | 23.0% | 9.3% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 10.6% | 14.6% | 3.80 (2.10) |
|
| Cholesterol | 11.6% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 18.8% | 17.5% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 4.21 (1.90) |
|
| Triglycerides | 14.6% | 11.5% | 11.6% | 19.6% | 18.0% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 4.01 (1.92) |
|
| Stress | 8.2% | 5.0% | 15.0% | 20.1% | 19.0% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 4.52 (1.78) |
|
| Physical inactivity | 13.8% | 9.8% | 11.1% | 22.0% | 18.1% | 13.1% | 12.0% | 4.08 (1.88) |
|