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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2019 May;81(4):341–351. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000688

Table 2.

Correlations among primary study measures.

Variable Risk Self-reported C Parent-rated C SES Psychological
resources
MetS Scores
Full Sample: r [95% CI]
Race −.10 [−.23, .03] −.11 [−.24, .03] −.01 [−.14, .13] .29 [.16, .40] −.06 [−.20, .07] .06 [−.08, .20]
Risk −.03 [−.16, .10] −.14 [−.26, −.004] −.18 [−.30, −.05] −.18 [−.31, −.05] .01 [−.13, .15]
Self-reported C .29 [.16, .41] .04 [−.09, .18] .26 [.14, .38] .16 [.02, .30]
Parent-rated C .31 [.19, .43] .33 [.21, .44] −.02 [−.16, .12]
SES .21 [.08, .33] .04 [−.10, .18]
Psychological resources .07 [−.07, .21]
Black men: r [95% CI]
Risk −.01 [−.19, .16] −.08 [−.25, .11] −.12 [−.29, .06] −.19 [−.35, −.01] .06 [−.12, .24]
Self-reported C .15 [−.03, .32] .01 [−.17, .19] .24 [.07, .41] .25 [.07, .41]
Parent-rated C .30 [.13, .46] .31 [.13, .46] −.05 [−.23, .13]
SES .18 [−.004, .34] .08 [−.11, .26]
Psychological resources .07 [−.12, .25]
White men: r [95% CI]
Risk −.06 [−.26, .13] −.21 [−.39, −.01] −.20 [−.38, −.002] −.19 [−.37, .01] −.06 [−.27, .16]
Self-reported C .42 [.24, .56] .14 [−.06, .33] .28 [.08, .45] .07 [−.15, .29]
Parent-rated C .36 [ .17, .52] .36 [.17, .52] .03 [−.19, .24]
SES .32 [.13, .48] −.06 [−.28, .16]
Psychological resources .09 [−.13, .30]

Note. C=conscientiousness. SES=Hollingshead socioeconomic status index. MetS=Metabolic syndrome score. All correlations are Pearson correlations, except for the correlation of race and risk group in the full sample (Spearman). Statistically significant (p ≤ .050) correlations are bolded for emphasis, and 95% confidence intervals are provided.