Table 2.
Cox regression results of neuroticism predicting the risk of incident Parkinson’s disease in the entire cohort and by sex
| Full sample | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At-risk/PD | HR (95% CI) | PD | HR (95% CI) | PD | HR (95% CI) | |
| Continuous | 490755/1142 | 1.28 (1.21-1.36) | 453 | 1.30 (1.18-1.42) | 689 | 1.27 (1.18-1.37) |
| Quartile 1 | 122853/261 | - | 69 | - | 192 | - |
| Quartile 2 | 111084/244 | 1.14 (0.96-1.36) | 94 | 1.21 (0.89-1.65) | 150 | 1.10 (0.89-1.37) |
| Quartile 3 | 134071/304 | 1.33 (1.13-1.58) | 134 | 1.40 (1.05-1.88) | 170 | 1.30 (1.06-1.60) |
| Quartile 4 | 122747/333 | 1.88 (1.60-2.22) | 156 | 1.92 (1.45-2.55) | 177 | 1.88 (1.53-2.31) |
Notes: At-risk/PD refers to the number at risk and the number of incident Parkinson’s disease. Quartile 1 (lowest neuroticism score) is the reference group.