Table 3.

Summary of Mediation Analyses Predicting Falls From Conscientiousness and Neuroticism

		Mediating effect			Direct effect			Total effect
Personality traits	MV	Estimate	95% CI	p	Estimate	95% CI	p	Estimate	95% CI	p
Conscientiousness
Disease burden		0.021	0.012 to 0.030	<.001	0.154	0.087 to 0.222	<.001	0.175	0.107 to 0.143	<.001
Depression		0.055	0.042 to 0.069	<.001	0.110	0.041 to 0.178	.009	0.165	0.097 to 0.233	<.001
Cognition		0.005	−0.001 to 0.011	.197	0.170	0.103 to 0.237	<.001	0.175	0.107 to 0.233	<.001
Physical inactivity		0.015	0.006 to 0.025	.007	0.158	0.091 to 0.226	<.001	0.174	0.106 to 0.241	<.001
Smoking		0.013	−0.002 to 0.038	.168	0.171	0.104 to 0.238	<.001	0.184	0.115 to 0.253	<.001
Handgrip strength		0.004	0.000 to 0.009	.140	0.171	0.103 to 0.238	<.001	0.175	0.107 to 0.242	<.001
All mediators		0.080	0.059 to 0.101	<.001	0.095	0.026 to 0.164	.023	0.175	0.106 to 0.245	<.001
Neuroticism
Disease burden		0.023	0.015 to 0.031	<.001	0.116	0.060 to 0.171	.001	0.139	0.084 to 0.194	<.001
Depression		0.089	0.069 to 0.109	<.001	0.044	−0.014 to 0.102	.221	0.133	0.078 to 0.188	<.001
Cognition		0.003	−0.001 to 0.006	.205	0.137	0.082 to 0.192	<.001	0.140	0.085 to 0.195	<.001
Physical inactivity		0.010	0.004 to 0.016	.006	0.131	0.076 to 0.186	<.001	0.141	0.086 to 0.196	<.001
Smoking		0.019	0.004 to 0.034	.035	0.135	0.080 to 0.190	<.001	0.154	0.097 to 0.211	<.001
Handgrip strength		0.010	0.004 to 0.016	.007	0.129	0.072 to 0.186	<.001	0.141	0.086 to 0.196	<.001
All mediators		0.121	0.096 to 0.146	<.001	0.024	−0.034 to 0.082	.492	0.146	0.088 to 0.203	<.001

Notes. Conscientiousness scores were reverse-coded for ease of interpreting the direction of effects. MV = mediating variable.