Table 5.
Demographic and Personality Predictors of the Intercept and Slope of BMI
Predictor | Intercept | Slope |
---|---|---|
Demographics | ||
Sex (Males) | 1.07 (.23)** | −.04 (.02)** |
Ethnicity (Black) | 2.04 (.29)** | −.04 (.01)** |
Ethnicity (Other) | −.97 (.47) | −.05 (.02) |
Education | −.11 (.04) | .00 (.00) |
Time of measurement | .03 (.01)** | -- |
Personality | ||
Neuroticism | .053 (.010)**a | .003 (.002) |
Extraversion | .068 (.009)**a | .000 (.001) |
Openness | .041 (.009)**a | .002 (.002) |
Agreeableness | −.046 (.010)**a | −.011 (.002)**a |
Conscientiousness | −.025 (.009)**a | .000 (.001) |
N1: Anxiety | .012 (.010) | −.001 (.002) |
N2: Angry Hostility | .033 (.010)**a | .003 (.001) |
N3: Depression | .031 (.010)** | .002 (.002) |
N4: Self-Consciousness | .024 (.010) | .000 (.001) |
N5: Impulsiveness | .015 (.010)**a | .007 (.002)**a |
N6: Vulnerability | −.011 (.010) | .002 (.002) |
E1: Warmth | .054 (.010)**a | .002 (.002) |
E2: Gregariousness | .024 (.009)**a | .002 (.002) |
E3: Assertiveness | .059 (.010)**a | .002 (.002) |
E4: Activity | .012 (.010) | −.009 (.001)** |
E5: Excitement-Seeking | .080 (.010)**a | .005 (.002)**a |
E6: Positive Emotions | .063 (.009)**a | −.006 (.001)** |
O1: Fantasy | .058 (.009)**a | .002 (.001) |
O2: Aesthetics | −.007 (.010) | −.003 (.001) |
O3: Feelings | .059 (.010)**a | .005 (.002)** |
O4: Actions | .021 (.009) | .003 (.001) |
O5: Ideas | .019 (.010) | .002 (.002) |
O6: Values | .014 (.010) | −.002 (.002) |
A1: Trust | −.034 (.010)**a | −.015 (.002)**a |
A2: Straightforwardness | −.054 (.010)**a | −.005 (.002)** |
A3: Altruism | .024 (.010) | −.004 (.002) |
A4: Compliance | −.053 (.010)**a | −.007 (.002)**a |
A5: Modesty | −.027 (.010)**a | −.003 (.001) |
A6: Tender-mindedness | −.013 (.010) | −.006 (.002)** |
C1: Competence | .032 (.010)**a | .003 (.002) |
C2: Order | −.034 (.009)**a | .001 (.001) |
C3: Dutifulness | −.040 (.010)**a | −.003 (.002) |
C4: Achievement Striving | −.002 (.009) | −.003 (.001) |
C5: Self-Discipline | −.030 (.009)**a | −.004 (.001)** |
C6: Deliberation | −.028 (.010)**a | .008 (.002)** |
Note. N = 1,988. Standard errors are shown in parenthesis. Coefficients are applied to (age - mean age) in decades. Time of measurement is year of first assessment centered around the grand mean (1991). BMI = Body Mass Index.
Personality traits that replicated across the four other measurements of adiposity.
p < .01.