Table 8: Association between perceived susceptibility and establishedpersonal risk factors.
|
Perceived susceptibility |
|
|||
Personal risk factors |
Low |
High |
P-value |
||
N |
% |
N |
% |
||
History of high cholesterol |
88 |
75.9 |
28 |
24.1 |
< 0.001 |
History of high blood pressure |
58 |
72.5 |
22 |
27.5 |
< 0.001 |
History of diabetes/prediabetes |
57 |
75.0 |
19 |
25.0 |
0.001 |
Family history of heart disease |
139 |
79.4 |
36 |
20.6 |
< 0.001 |
Overweight or obesity |
178 |
82.8 |
37 |
17.2 |
0.012 |
Physical inactivity |
263 |
86.5 |
41 |
13.5 |
0.804 |
Smoking practice |
10 |
83.3 |
2 |
16.7 |
0.723 |
Data was analyzed by the Chi-square test and was significant if P < 0.05.