Table 4.
Summary of Logistic Regression Analysis Predicting Dyspnea from Personality Traits in the Six Samples
| MIDUS a Odds Ratio |
HRS b Odds Ratio |
ELSAa Odds Ratio |
WLSG c Odds Ratio |
WLSS c Odds Ratio |
NHATSb Odds Ratio |
Pooled Odds Ratio |
Heterogeneity I2 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroticism | 1.39*** (1.19-1.62) |
1.41*** (1.33-1.49) |
1.30*** (1.21-1.39) |
1.29*** (1.20-1.38) |
1.38*** (1.26-1.52) |
1.25*** (1.13-1.38) |
1.33*** (1.28-1.39) |
33.48 |
| Extraversion | 0.76*** (0.66-0.88) |
0.74*** (0.70-0.79) |
0 70*** (0.66-0.75) |
0.84*** (0.79-0.90) |
0.78*** (0.71-0.86) |
1.04 (0.94-1.14) |
0.80*** (0.73-0.89) |
89.50 |
| Openness | 0.89 (0.77-1.03) |
0.87*** (0.82-0.92) |
0.85*** (0.79-0.91) |
1.06 (0.98-1.13) |
1.05 (0.95-1.15) |
1.01 (0.92-1.12) |
0.95 (0.87-1.04) |
84.99 |
| Agreeableness | 0.83* (0.71-0.96) |
0.89*** (0.84-0.94) |
1.00 (0.94-1.08) |
0.77*** (0.72-0.83) |
0.77*** (0.70-0.84) |
1.02 (0.93-1.13) |
0.88** (0.79-0.97) |
89.19 |
| Conscientiousness | 0.66*** (0.57-0.76) |
0.74*** (0.70-0.78) |
0.73*** (0.69-0.78) |
0.67*** (0.63-0.72) |
0.63*** (0.57-0.69) |
0.87** (0.79-0.96) |
0.72*** (0.66-0.78) |
83.38 |
Note. MIDUS: N= 996; HRS: N= 8998; ELSA: N= 5050; WLSG: N= 4518; WLSS:N= 2403; NHATS: N= 2447
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p <.001
a
Adjusted for age, sex, education, race, and PEF
b
Adjusted for age, sex, education, race, ethnicity, and PEF
c
Adjusted for age, sex, education, and PEF