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From: From risk communication about asymptomatic atherosclerosis to cognitive and emotional reactions and lifestyle modification

Fig. 5

Number of participants reporting various reactions to pictorial information about plaque (upper row) and intima media thickness (IMT; lower row). The IMT colour code is relative to age, such that green corresponds to the IMT of a person at least ten years younger than the participant’s actual age, and red corresponds to an IMT of a person at least ten years older. Cognitive response: plaque n = 1339, IMT n = 1340. Arousal: plaque n = 1321, IMT n = 1327. Negative emotion: plaque n = 1094, IMT n = 1100

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