Table A1.

Parameter estimates and correlation coefficients for the relations between the time-invariant components of personality traits and the time-invariant components of health outcomes at the between-person level in the LISS and SATSA samples.

	Covariance	Standard error	Correlation coefficient
LISS
Self-rated health
N & SRH	−.26	.008	−.44*
E & SRH	.10	.008	.16*
O & SRH	.06	.008	.10*
C & SRH	.09	.008	.15*
A & SRH	.04	.007	.07*
General disease level
N & GDL	.12	.007	.21*
E & GDL	−.01	.008	−.02
O & GDL	−.03	.007	−.05*
C & GDL	−.05	.007	−.09*
A & GDL	.01	.007	.02
SATSA
Self-rated health
N & SRH	−.22	.018	−.47*
E & SRH	.10	.017	.22*
O & SRH	.04	.017	.07*
General disease level
N & GDL	.18	.017	.37*
E & GDL	−.04	.016	−.08*
O & GDL	.05	.017	.10*
Cardiovascular diseases
N & CVD	.10	.018	.22*
E & CVD	−.01	.017	−.01
O & CVD	.04	.018	.07*
Central nervous system diseases
N & CNS	.08	.018	.16*
E & CNS	−.02	.017	−.05
O & CNS	−.01	.018	−.01
Metabolic diseases
N & MTD	.08	.018	.15*
E & MTD	−.01	.017	−.01
O & MTD	.02	.019	.04
Allostatic load
N & AL	−.05	.030	−.10
E & AL	0	.029	0
Motor functioning impairment
N & MFI	.05	.030	.23
E & MFI	−.01	.027	−.02

Note. N = neuroticism; E = extraversion; O = openness; C = conscientiousness; A = agreeableness; SRH = self-rated health; GDL = general disease level; CVD = cardiovascular disease; CNS = central nervous system disease; MTD = metabolic disease; AL = allostatic load; MFI = motor functioning impairment.

^*p ≤ .05.