Sex (% men) | 46 |
Mean age (y) | |
Total (range) | 47 (18–87) |
Men (range) | 48 (18–79) |
Women (range) | 47 (18–87) |
Marital status | |
Single | 20 |
Married/living together | 80 |
Educational level | |
Elementary school | 17 |
Lower secondary school | 42 |
Higher secondary school | 28 |
Higher vocational level/university | 13 |
Religious (% yes) | 63 |
Cholesterol (self-reported) | |
High | 36 |
Normal | 26 |
Don’t know | 39 |
Aware of a cholesterol problem | 36 |
FH positive subjects | 73 |
FH negative subjects | 19 |
Heard of FH before screening (% yes) | 44 |
Cardiovascular and related diseases† | |
CVD | 3 |
Hypertension | 12 |
Stroke | 0 |
Diabetes | 3 |
Other chronic diseases | 55 |
1st degree relatives with CVD (% yes) | 49 |
Premature CVD‡ deaths in family (% yes) | 19 |
Forced by circumstances to participate | |
Agree | 20 |
Neutral | 13 |
Disagree | 67 |
Participation out of solidarity with family | |
Agree | 53 |
Neutral | 15 |
Disagree | 32 |
Freedom of choice to participate | |
Agree | 89 |
Neutral | 9 |
Disagree | 2 |
Genetic test | |
FH positive | 32 |
FH negative | 68 |