Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among people with coronary heart disease or at risk for this in the sixth Tromsø study: a comparative analysis using protection motivation theory

Table 3 Means, Standard Deviations (SD), and Bivariate Correlations Among the Health-Related Beliefs and Behavior Variables for Each of the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Groups

Variable	1	2	3	4	Mean	SD
A. CHD (N = 244)
1. Self-rated health	---				69.45	16.72
2. Health behavior index	.092	---			14.14	3.28
3. Preventive health beliefs	.253**	.047	---		5.89	1.34
4. Future health beliefs	.595**	.059	.339**	---	4.56	1.43
B. No CHD but family risk (N = 1875)
1. Self-rated health	---				77.94	15.76
2. Health behavior index	.012	---			14.26	3.23
3. Preventive health beliefs	.186**	.093**	---		6.02	1.14
4. Future health beliefs	.606**	.051	.420**	---	5.07	1.37
C. No CHD nor family risk (N = 2267)
1. Self-rated health	---				78.87	15.50
2. Health behavior index	.016	---			13.83	3.32
3. Preventive health beliefs	.210**	.053*	---		6.07	1.14
4. Future health beliefs	.574**	.054*	.415**	---	5.22	1.36

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