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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Sep;101(3):579–592. doi: 10.1037/a0024286

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.

a

Personality traits that replicated across the four other measurements of adiposity.

**

p < .01.

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