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Published in final edited form as: Br J Health Psychol. 2009 Jul 13;15(Pt 2):321–335. doi: 10.1348/135910709X464353

Table 3.

Adjusted relationships of personality factors with baseline MCS-36 and PCS-36 scores

Personality factor	Status	MCS-36 mean (95% confidence interval)	PCS-36 mean (95% confidence interval)
Neuroticism	Low	52.6 (51.0, 54.2)	32.4 (30.7, 34.1)
Neuroticism	High	39.3 (37.7, 40.8)	34.6 (33.0, 36.2)
Conscientiousness	Low	42.4 (40.6, 44.1)	33.1 (31.5, 34.8)
Conscientiousness	High	49.0 (47.2, 50.8)	33.9 (32.2, 35.5)
Extraversion	Low	40.7 (39.0, 42.4)	32.4 (30.8, 34.1)
Extraversion	High	50.8 (49.1, 52.5)	34.7 (33.0, 36.3)
Agreeableness	Low	43.5 (41.6, 45.4)	32.9 (31.2, 34.6)
Agreeableness	High	47.7 (45.9, 49.4)	34.0 (32.4, 35.7)
Openness	Low	45.6 (43.7, 47.4)	33.0 (31.4, 34.7)
Openness	High	45.8 (44.0, 47.6)	34.0 (32.3, 35.6)

Note. MCS-36, SF-36 mental component summary score; PCS-36, SF-36 physical component summary score. Means are adjusted for age and gender. Low versus high status of personality factors defined by median split in scores.