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Volume
8: No. 6, November 2011
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Causal Beliefs for Diabetes
and Cardiovascular Disease, the Netherlands, 2007 (n=255)
| Causes and risk factors |
Diabetes, Mean (SD) |
Cardiovascular Disease,
Mean (SD) |
Difference |
| t |
P value |
| Advanced age |
3.8 (1.0) |
3.7 (0.9) |
t232 =
− 1.07 |
<.001 |
| Raised cholesterol levels |
NA |
4.0 (1.0) |
NC |
NC |
| Raised blood pressure |
NA |
4.1 (1.0) |
NC |
NC |
| Being overweight |
4.0 (1.0) |
NA |
NC |
NC |
| Unhealthy diet or eating habits |
3.8 (1.2) |
4.1 (1.1) |
t237 = 3.94 |
<.001 |
| Lack of physical activity |
3.4 (1.2) |
4.1 (1.0) |
t238 = 7.93 |
<.001 |
| Current smoker |
2.9 (1.2) |
4.0 (1.2) |
t235 = 13.17 |
<.001 |
| Heredity . . . runs in the family |
3.6 (1.3) |
4.0 (1.1) |
t236 = 3.77 |
<.001 |
| Having diabetes |
NA |
3.4 (1.1) |
NC |
NC |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; NC, not calculated NA,
not assessed.
Figure. Causal beliefs for diabetes and cardiovascular
disease, the Netherlands, 2007 (n = 255). Participants indicated on a scale of 1
to 5 for each cause the extent to which they believed it could be a cause (or
risk factor) of diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
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