Table 3. Results for the logistic regression analyses examining the associations between blood lipid level categories and personality traits.

	Cholesterol (mg/dL)						Triglyceride (mg/dL)d
Personality traits	Total Cholesterola		HDLb		Derived LDLc
	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
Factor-levels
Neuroticism	0.996	0.984–1.009	1.009	0.995–1.023	1.001	0.988–1.014	1.012	0.988–1.036
Extraversion	0.997	0.984–1.010	0.995	0.981–1.009	0.994	0.981–1.007	0.988	0.964–1.011
Openness	0.995	0.980–1.011	0.990	0.973–1.007	0.996	0.980–1.012	0.977	0.950–1.005
Agreeableness	0.990	0.974–1.007	0.986	0.968–1.004	0.993	0.976–1.010	0.996	0.966–1.027
Conscientiousness	0.982	0.968–0.997 *	0.994	0.978–1.010	0.990	0.975–1.005	0.988	0.961–1.015
Facet-levels
Straightforwardness (A2)	0.984	0.932–1.038	0.936	0.883–0.992 *	0.977	0.925–1.032	0.918	0.830–1.015
Dutifulness (C3)	0.918	0.858–0.981 *	1.018	0.948–1.094	0.948	0.886–1.015	0.917	0.813–1.034

Note. OR, odds ratio: CI, confidence interval.

Logistic regression analyses were performed after adjusted for age, BMI, systolic blood pressure, current smoking status, and drinking status.

^aNormal N = 1386, Abnormal N = 315.

^bNormal N = 1410, Abnormal N = 291.

^cNormal N = 1384, Abnormal N = 317.

^dNormal N = 1614, Abnormal N = 87.

*P<0.05. Significant results are bolded.