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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Risk of cardiovascular disease? A qualitative study of risk interpretation among patients with high cholesterol

Alias

Age

Marital status

Co-morbidity

Ivan

61

Widower

Pre-diabetes

Judith

60

Married

None

Beth

65

Married (Kent)

None

Kent

65

Married (Beth)

None

Christian

67

Married (Ulla)

None

Ulla

64

Married (Christian)

Diabetes

Mary

61

Married (Frank)

Familial hypercholesterolemia

Frank

62

Married (Mary)

None

Laura

66

Married

None

Christina

61

Married

Diabetes

Tom

61

Married

Pre-diabetes

Karen

70

Widow

Stroke

Ursula

24

Single

Familial hypercholesterolemia

Kurt

59

Married

Diabetes