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Table 4 Level of risk assigned (% of those assigning a level)

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

Risk factor

 

Major

Minor

None

χ2

p =

Being overweight

Women

32.3

53.8

13.8

0.77

0.68

 

Men

31.6

53.0

15.4

  

Smoking tobacco

Women

97.4

2.6

0.0

0.13

0.72

 

Men

97.7

2.3

0.0

  

Too much alcohol

Women

48.9

42.2

8.9

11.55

0.00

 

Men

40.6

48.0

11.3

  

Lack of exercise

Women

15.8

58.5

25.7

2.75

0.25

 

Men

15.4

55.2

29.4

  

Sexually-transmitted diseases

Women

36.7

47.5

15.8

44.48

0.00

 

Men

23.2

49.7

27.1

  

Family history/genetic

Women

77.7

22.0

0.3

21.27

0.00

 

Men

71.2

26.4

2.4

  

Increasing age

Women

33.8

52.7

13.5

3.86

0.14

 

Men

36.7

52.8

10.5

  

Stress and anxiety

Women

25.1

53.7

21.2

1.46

0.48

 

Men

25.7

50.8

23.4

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