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. 2014 Jul 29;6:195. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00195

Table 3.

General characteristics according to personality traits.

Personality traits Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
M (SD) or τ p M (SD) or τ p M (SD) or τ p M (SD) or τ p M (SD) or τ p
Age −0.03 0.73 0.01 0.89 −0.05 0.52 0.13 0.09 −0.01 0.88
Sex
 Men 3.66 (0.79) 0.30 3.66 (0.66) 0.28 3.05 (0.86) 0.53 3.96 (0.53) <0.05* 2.61 (0.78) 0.07
 Women 3.49 (0.67) 3.50 (0.64) 3.17 (0.77) 4.23 (0.62) 2.92 (0.73)
Educational level
 Primary 2.94 (0.82) <0.05* 3.32 (0.92) 0.23 2.81 (0.91) 0.22 3.76 (0.77) <0.05* 2.76 (0.84) 0.46
 Secondary 3.60 (0.64) 3.44 (0.63) 3.01 (0.78) 4.34 (0.45) 2.99 (0.70)
 High-school diploma and above 3.63 (0.68) 3.64 (0.58) 3.24 (0.78) 4.13 (0.61) 2.77 (0.76)
MMSE 0.10 0.22 0.11 0.15 0.10 0.18 −0.01 0.88 −0.06 0.41
Migraine 3.32 (0.98) 0.19 3.27 (0.73) 0.13 3.04 (0.71) 0.64 3.70 (0.75) <0.01 3.00 (0.90) 0.16
No migraine 3.60 (0.64) 3.57 (0.63) 3.16 (0.85) 4.20 (0.53) 2.68 (0.71)
Ever smoker 3.64 (0.65) 0.39 3.44 (0.57) 0.22 3.06 (0.83) 0.57 3.97 (0.56) <0.05* 2.91 (0.69) 0.45
Never smoker 3.50 (0.74) 3.61 (0.68) 3.16 (0.78) 4.24 (0.61) 2.78 (0.79)
Alcohol consumption 3.41 (0.61) 0.51 3.27 (0.48) 0.15 2.46 (0.72) <0.01 4.18 (0.49) 0.86 3.27 (0.75) <0.05*
No alcohol consumption 3.56 (0.72) 3.59 (0.66) 3.21 (0.77) 4.14 (0.62) 2.77 (0.74)
Hypertension 3.32 (0.80) <0.01 3.46 (0.72) 0.19 2.86 (0.82) <0.01 4.20 (0.64) 0.42 2.96 (0.72) 0.11
No hypertension 3.76 (0.53) 3.64 (0.55 3.38 (0.69) 4.10 (0.57) 2.70 (0.77)
Diabetes mellitus 3.23 (1.01) 0.19 3.78 (0.68) 0.30 2.64 (0.75) 0.07 4.08 (0.62) 0.75 3.00 (0.97) 0.49
No diabetes mellitus 3.58 (0.68) 3.53 (0.64) 3.18 (0.79) 4.15 (0.61) 2.81 (0.73)
Hypercholesterol 3.44 (0.90) 0.34 3.53 (0.75) 0.86 3.10 (0.77) 0.80 4.08 (0.67) 0.47 3.04 (0.72) 0.06
No hypercholesterol 3.59 (0.61) 3.56 (0.60) 3.14 (0.81) 4.18 (0.57) 2.73 (0.75)
Coronary heart disease 3.50 (0.81) 0.85 3.39 (0.63) 0.38 2.78 (0.90) 0.12 4.23 (0.55) 0.64 3.10 (0.55) 0.20
No coronary heart disease 3.55 (0.70) 3.57 (0.65) 3.18 (0.77) 4.14 (0.61) 2.79 (0.77)
Chronic heart failure 3.46 (0.55) 0.82 3.38 (0.67 0.58 2.76 (1.22) 0.35 4.47 (0.48 0.27 2.99 (0.52) 0.66
No chronic heart failure 3.55 (0.72) 3.56 (0.65) 3.15 (0.78) 4.13 (0.61) 2.82 (0.76)
Atrial fibrillation 3.24 (1.31) 0.33 3.45 (1.16) 0.71 2.73 (0.99) 0.25 4.30 (1.18) 0.56 2.75 (0.81) 0.82
No atrial fibrillation 3.56 (0.67) 3.56 (0.61) 3.15 (0.78) 4.14 (0.56) 2.83 (0.75)

M(SD), Mean (Standard Deviation) comparison with ANOVA; τ, Kendall rank correlation coefficient; *p < 0.05; †p < 0.01.