Table 3.
Predicted probabilities of cholesterol test receipt for low and high tertiles of personality characteristics overall and by first-contact access*†‡
| Overall population |
With first-contact access |
Without first-contact access |
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| Low characteristic |
High characteristic |
Low characteristic |
High characteristic |
Low characteristic |
High characteristic |
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| Unadjusted PP (%) | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted p value | Adjusted CI | Unadjusted PP (%) | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted CI | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted CI | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted CI | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted CI | Adjusted PP (%) | Adjusted CI | Adjusted p value§ | |
| Openness | 88 | 88 | (86 to 91) | 91 | 91 | (88 to 93) | 0.23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Conscientiousness | 88 | 88 | (85 to 90) | 92 | 93 | (91 to 94) | 0.00 | 90 | (84 to 95) | 94 | (90 to 97) | 87 | (84 to 89) | 92 | (90 to 94) | 0.94 |
| Extraversion | 89 | 88 | (86 to 91) | 92 | 92 | (90 to 94) | 0.01 | 93 | (88 to 97) | 91 | (87 to 95) | 88 | (85 to 90) | 92 | (90 to 94) | 0.11 |
| Agreeableness | 90 | 89 | (87 to 91) | 91 | 91 | (89 to 93) | 0.13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neuroticism | 92 | 92 | (90 to 94) | 91 | 91 | (89 to 93) | 0.71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
*Adjusted for: age, insurance type, gender (when preventive service indicated for both genders), marital status, educational attainment, household income, and number of chronic conditions.
†Bold values indicated significance of p<0.05.
‡Interaction with first-contact access only shown if main effect is significant.
§p Value for interaction between first-contact access and personality characteristics.