Table 3.

Model summaries with LDL as the outcome variable.

Predictor	Model 1				Model 2				Model 3				Model 4
	β	b	SE	p	β	b	SE	p	β	b	SE	p	β	b	SE	p
Dispositional gratitude	− .00	− 0.19	0.97	.847	− .02	− 0.74	0.93	.425	− .02	− 0.74	1.01	.460	− .01	-0.35	1.01	.729
Antihyperlipidemic medication use (0 = no, 1 = yes)					− .77	− 25.92	1.77	< .001	− .77	− 25.80	1.77	< .001	− .78	− 26.32	1.78	< .001
Demographics
Age					.02	0.05	0.06	.394	.02	0.05	0.07	.445	.04	0.10	0.07	.152
Sex (0 = female, 1 = male)					.01	0.36	1.54	.815	.01	0.27	1.63	.867	− .02	− 0.65	1.69	.702
Race (0 = White, 1 = non-White)					− .17	− 5.61	2.34	.016	− .17	− 5.87	2.35	< .001	− .19	− 6.41	2.34	.006
Education					− .08	− 1.17	0.33	< .001	− .09	− 1.22	0.34	< .001	− .06	− 0.86	0.35	.013
Household income					.00	0.00	0.01	.908	.00	0.00	0.01	.864	.01	0.01	0.01	.591
Personality
Dispositional optimism									− .02	− 0.15	0.20	.471	− .01	− 0.06	0.20	.763
Agreeableness									.03	2.17	1.82	.234	.02	1.19	1.83	.515
Conscientiousness									− .03	− 2.30	1.76	.191	− .02	− 1.71	1.77	.332
Extraversion									− .02	− 0.98	1.67	.556	− .01	− 0.69	1.67	.681
Emotional stability									− .01	− 0.76	1.39	.582	− .02	− 0.97	1.39	.483
Openness to experience									.04	2.71	1.76	.122	.04	2.82	1.76	.110
Health-related
Alcohol consumption													− .02	− 0.02	0.03	.477
BMI													.05	0.26	0.12	.029
Exercise (0 = do not exercise regularly, 1 = exercise regularly)													.00	0.07	1.89	.972
Healthy Eating Index													− .06	− 0.80	0.30	.008
Smoking (0 = non-smoker, 1 = smoker)													.24	7.92	2.61	.002

N = 1800. β = standardized slope coefficient, b = unstandardized slope coefficient, SE = standard error of the slope coefficient. Bolded p-values indicate statistical significance at the .05 level.