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Table 3 Proportion (%) unable to assign a level of risk to a risk factor

From: Men and women: beliefs about cancer and about screening

Risk factor

 

%

χ2

p =

Being overweight

Women

10.7

0.10

0.76

 

Men

11.2

  

Smoking tobacco

Women

0.0

2.59

0.11

 

Men

0.3

  

Too much alcohol

Women

7.1

0.05

0.82

 

Men

6.8

  

Lack of exercise

Women

11.0

0.74

0.39

 

Men

9.8

  

Sexually-transmitted diseases

Women

13.9

6.32

0.01

 

Men

18.3

  

Family history/genetic

Women

1.0

9.21

0.00

 

Men

2.9

  

Increasing age

Women

7.3

1.13

0.29

 

Men

6.0

  

Stress and anxiety

Women

16.3

0.80

0.37

 

Men

14.8

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