TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the study population for the total sample and for men and women separately.

	Total (N = 79)	Men (N = 40)	Women (N = 39)	t	gl	p	95% CI	d
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Age	69.19 (4.60)	69.48 (4.84)	68.90 (4.40)	−0.555	77	0.581	−2.652, 1.496	−0.125
SES	5.74 (1.31)	6.18 (1.28)	5.29 (1.19)	−3.149	76	0.002	−1.446, −0.326	−0.675
BMI	27.48 (3.65)	27.53 (2.58)	27.43 (4.53)	−0.112	59.997	0.904	−1.769, 1.566	−0.027
Neuroticism	16.20 (7.01)	14.17 (6.44)	18.28 (7.05)	2.704	77	0.008	1.082, 7.131	0.585
Conscientiousness	33.54 (5.62)	34.17 (5.83)	32.89 (5.41)	−1.009	77	0.316	−3.799, 1.244	−0.226
Extraversion	28.84 (6.75)	28.20 (7.32)	29.51 (6.13)	0.863	77	0.391	−1.717, 4.343	0.194
Openness	29.73 (5.60)	29.12 (6.06)	30.35 (5.09)	0.978	77	0.331	−1.278, 3.746	0.220
Agreeableness	32.03 (5.85)	30.65 (5.90)	33.46 (5.51)	2.185	77	0.032	0.249, 5.373	0.480

SES, socioeconomic status; BMI, body mass index. Sex differences were analyzed with Student t tests, and effect sizes with Cohen’s d.