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. 2023 Mar 31;14:1807. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37283-5

Table 2.

Binary logistic model results classifying altruists versus controls

N = 264 Odds ratio (OR) 95% CI (OR) Log Odds Ratio (LOR) SE (LOR) 95% CI (LOR) Z p
Intercept 42.235a [1.273, 1656.4] 3.743 1.819 [0.160, 7.326] 2.057 0.04
Social discounting rate (logk) 0.801b [0.677, 0.944] −0.222 0.084 [−0.388, −0.056] −2.631 0.009
Honesty-humility 1.837a [1.021, 3.363] 0.608 0.302 [0.013, 1.204] 2.013 0.044
Openness to experience 0.598 [0.333, 1.046] −0.514 0.290 [−1.086, 0.058] −1.769 0.077
Risk-taking (Social) 0.705 [0.460, 1.053] −0.349 0.211 [−0.764, 0.066] −1.657 0.098
Personal distress 0.911b [0.848, 0.977] −0.093 0.036 [−0.164, −0.023] −2.602 0.009
Age 1.036a [1.004, 1.071] 0.035 0.016 [0.003, 0.067] 2.167 0.03
Sex (Female) 0.830 [0.390, 1.727] −0.186 0.378 [−0.929, 0.558] −0.492 0.623
College education 0.819 [0.313, 1.956] −0.199 0.462 [−1.109, 0.711] −0.431 0.666
Income (≥$90k) 1.027 [0.509, 2.060] 0.027 0.355 [−0.673, 0.726] 0.075 0.94

Note 95% CI indicates lower/upper limits of the confidence interval. Intercept corresponds to the mean for male controls at average age who never completed a four-year degree and household earns < $90,000.

aindicates p < 0.05,

bindicates p < 0.01,

*** indicates p < 0.001. P-values are two-tailed.