Table 2.
Predictor | Descriptives | MetS Components | ||||
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Mean | SD | Directional Change | Absolute Change | |||
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b (SE) | β | b (SE) | β | |||
Personality Change | See text | −.03 (.176) | −.01 | .66** (.255) | .17 | |
Age | 55.43 | 12.45 | .01** (.004) | .20 | .01** (.004) | .23 |
Education | 3.19 | .88 | −.24*** (.050) | −.30 | −.22*** (.050) | −.28 |
T1 Self-reported Health | 7.66 | 1.41 | −.17*** (.031) | −.34 | −.16*** (.031) | −.32 |
Female (%) | 57.36 | — | −.32*** (.044) | −.22 | −.32*** (.044) | −.23 |
Black (%) | 2.59 | — | −.02 (.334) | −.01 | −.07 (.334) | −.01 |
White (%) | 92.82 | — | −.05 (.205) | −.01 | −.07 (.204) | −.01 |
Current Smoker (%) | 10.54 | — | .03 (.139) | .01 | −.06 (.139) | −.01 |
History of CVD (%) | 14.75 | — | .13 (.123) | .00 | .11 (.123) | .03 |
T2 Neuroticism | 2.07 | .63 | −.14† (.072) | −.13 | −.15* (.072) | −.13 |
T2 Conscientiousness | 3.46 | .45 | −.25* (.104) | −.16 | −.23* (.104) | −.14 |
T2 Agency | 2.61 | .66 | .22** (.083) | .21 | .22** (.082) | .22 |
T2 Extraversion | 3.11 | .57 | −.28** (.106) | −.23 | −.25* (.106) | −.20 |
T2 Agreeableness | 3.45 | .50 | .34** (.106) | .25 | .36*** (.104) | .26 |
T2 Openness | 2.90 | .54 | −.02 (.103) | −.02 | .00 (.103) | −.00 |
Note. N = 996. SD = Standard deviation; SE = Standard error; MetS = Metabolic Syndrome; CVD = Cardiovascular disease. Standardized regression coefficients, βs, for continuous predictors were calculated as the predicted change in the dependent variable, in standard deviations, for a 2-SD change in the predictor variable (see Gelman, 2008).
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