ArticleCogent medicine2018
Accuracy of self-perceived risk for common conditions.
Article in Cogent medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Abstract
backgroundAccurate awareness of common disease risk is necessary to promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent unnecessary anxiety and evaluation. Our objective is to identify characteristics of patients who do not accurately perceive their risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes (DM), breast cancer (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC).
methodsUsing personalized disease risk reports and risk perception surveys, subjects (n = 4703) were classified as high or low/average risk and high or low/average
resultsPatients at high risk for DM, BC and CRC often (60%-75% of the time) under-estimated their risk, while low/average risk patients overestimated their risk 13%-40% of the time. For CHD, under-estimation by high risk individuals approximated over-estimation by low/average individuals. Compared to normal weight patients at high risk for cancer, obese patients were more likely to under-estimate their risk for BC (OR 3.1, CI 1.9-5.0) and CRC (2.6, 1.5-4.5) as were overweight patients. Overweight and obese patients at low/average risk of DM or CHD were more likely than normal weight patients to over-estimate their risk. Low/average risk women were more likely than men to over-estimate their risk of DM (1.3, 1.1-1.5) and CHD (1.8, 1.5-2.1).
conclusionsOur data show that body mass index is the factor most consistently associated with incorrect risk perceptions for several common conditions.
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