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Perceived risk of developing diabetes in early adulthood: beliefs about inherited and behavioral risk factors across the life course.

Journal of health psychology - 1 Mar 2012

Dickerson Justin B, Smith Matthew Lee, Sosa Erica, McKyer E Lisako, Ory Marcia G

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This study aimed to determine how college students perceive their risk of developing diabetes over their life course, with specific emphasis on their beliefs about the influence of inherited versus behavioral risk factors. A bivariate ordered probit regression model was used to simultaneously predict perceived risk for 10-year absolute risk of diabetes and lifetime absolute risk of diabetes. Ten-year and lifetime...

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PMID: 21708872
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311412840

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