Table 2.

Summary of Cox Proportional Hazard Ratio Analysis Predicting Incident Falls Risk from Personality Traits (N = 4,759)

	Model 1	Model 2
Predictors	Hazard ratios (95% CI)	Hazard ratios (95% CI)
Extraversion	0.96 (0.89 to 1.03)	0.98 (0.89 to 1.07)
Agreeableness	0.98 (0.90 to 1.07)	1.07 (0.96 to 1.19)
Conscientiousness	0.84 (0.77 to 0.91)***	0.81 (0.74 to 0.89)***
Openness	0.99 (0.92 to 1.07)	1.09 (0.99 to 1.19)
Neuroticism	1.14 (1.07 to 1.22)***	1.12 (1.05 to 1.20)***

Notes. Model 1: age, sex, race, and education were included as demographic covariates. Model 2: Model 1 when all five personality traits are entered simultaneously.

***p < .001.