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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Jul 1;163:54–62. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.054

Table 3.

Coefficients for the association between Big Five personality traits and body mass index, by gender

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
*A. Males*
Extraversion	0.553⁺	0.282	0.443	0.290	0.240	0.325
Neuroticism	−0.681^**	0.235	−0.675^**	0.241	−0.110	0.280
Agreeableness	0.213	0.275	0.265	0.300	0.587	0.359
Conscientiousness	−0.823^**	0.252	−0.836^**	0.271	−0.855^**	0.286
Openness	−0.461	0.290	−0.408	0.327	−0.538	0.355

Sample	Family		Family		Family
Fixed-effects	None		School		Family
n (individuals)	836		836		836

*B. Females*
Extraversion	0.204	0.266	0.107	0.294	0.165	0.259
Neuroticism	0.319	0.250	0.293	0.269	0.235	0.257
Agreeableness	0.511	0.327	0.508	0.313	0.313	0.336
Conscientiousness	−1.211^***	0.275	−1.070^***	0.276	−0.964^***	0.274
Openness	0.182	0.268	0.004	0.275	0.105	0.303

Sample	Family		Family		Family
Fixed-effects	None		School		Family
n (individuals)	965		965		965

Note. See Note for Table 1.

⁺

p < .1.

*p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.