TY - T1 - Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Perception and Risk Indicators : a 5-Year Follow-up SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/330831 T3 - A1 - Vornanen, Marleena; Konttinen, Hanna; Peltonen, Markku; Haukkala, Ari A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Background Perceived disease risk may reflect actual risk indicators and/or motivation to change lifestyle. Yet, few longitudinal studies have assessed how perceived risk relates to risk indicators among different disease risk groups. We examined in a 5-year follow-up, whether perceived risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease predicted physical activity, body mass index (BMI kg/m(2)), and blood glucose level, or the reverse. We examined further whether perceived risk, self-efficacy, and out... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 5144 Social psychology; terveyskäyttäytyminen; diabetes; sydän- ja verisuonitaudit; Type 2 diabetes; Cardiovascular disease; Risk perception; Self-efficacy; Lifestyle factors; Longitudinal; LIFE-STYLE INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; PERCEIVED RISK; PREVENTION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; FAMILY-HISTORY; ADULTS; MODELS N1 - PP - ER -