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Table 3 Standardised Betas (95% CIs) for the models assessing relationships between personality traits and step count (daily average)

From: Cross-sectional associations between personality traits and device-based measures of step count and sedentary behaviour in older age: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

 

Model 1

Model 2

Β (95% CI)

P

Β (95% CI)

P

Extraversion

0.08 (− 0.04, 0.20)

.203

0.10 (− 0.02, 0.21)

.104

 age

−0.08 (− 0.20, 0.04)

.207

− 0.06 (− 0.18, 0.06)

.326

 sex

− 0.01 (− 0.25, 0.24)

.994

− 0.05 (− 0.29, 0.19)

.683

 BMI

  

− 0.28 (− 0.78, − 0.17)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

− 0.47 (0.40, − 0.16)

.000

Agreeableness

0.09 (− 0.04, 0.23)

.167

0.11 (− 0.02, 0.23)

.094

 age

−0.07 (− 0.19, 0.06)

.294

− 0.04 (− 0.16, 0.08)

.486

 sex

− 0.04 (− 0.31, 0.23)

.780

− 0.09 (− 0.35, 0.17)

.492

 BMI

  

− 0.29 (− 0.41, − 0.17)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

− 0.46 (− 0.77, − 0.16)

.003

Conscientiousness

0.12 (− 0.01, 0.24)

.065

0.08 (− 0.04, 0.19)

.191

 age

− 0.07 (− 0.19, 0.06)

.294

− 0.04 (− 0.16, 0.08)

.485

 sex

0.03 (− 0.21, 0.29)

.762

− 0.01 (− 0.24, 0.23)

.985

 BMI

  

− 0.27 (− 0.39, − 0.14)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

−0.48 (− 0.78, − 0.18)

.002

Emotional Stability

0.08 (− 0.04, 0.21)

.182

0.06 (− 0.05, 0.18)

.289

 age

−0.06 (− 0.19, 0.06)

.310

− 0.05 (− 0.17, 0.07)

.416

 sex

0.03 (− 0.21, 0.28)

.793

− 0.02 (− 0.25, 0.22)

.895

 BMI

  

−0.27 (− 0.39, − 0.15)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

−0.45 (− 0.76, − 0.15)

.003

Intellect/Imagination

0.04 (− 0.09, 0.16)

.546

0.07 (− 0.05, 0.18)

.269

 age

−0.08 (− 0.20, 0.05)

.224

− 0.05 (− 0.17, 0.07)

.380

 sex

0.02 (− 0.23, 0.27)

.852

− 0.02 (− 0.26, 0.22)

.865

 BMI

  

−0.27 (− 0.40, − 0.15)

.000

Long-term illness

  

−0.48 (− 0.79, − 0.18)

.002

Extraversion

0.08 (− 0.07, 0.22)

.298

0.08 (− 0.06, 0.22)

.252

Agreeableness

0.06 (−0.09, 0.22)

.443

0.07 (−0.07, 0.22)

.320

Conscientiousness

0.09 (−0.04, 0.23)

.170

0.05 (−0.08, 0.18)

.447

Emotional Stability

0.05 (− 0.08, 0.19)

.434

0.04 (−0.09, 0.16)

.583

Intellect/Imagination

−0.05 (− 0.20, 0.10)

.502

− 0.02 (− 0.16, 0.12)

.750

 age

− 0.05 (− 0.18, 0.08)

.454

−0.03 (− 0.15, 0.09)

.639

 sex

0.01 (−0.27, 0.29)

.966

−0.05 (− 0.32, 0.21)

.688

 BMI

  

−0.28 (− 0.40, − 0.16)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

−0.44 (− 0.75, − 0.13)

.005

  1. Note. Model 1 = personality trait + age + sex; Model 2 = Model 1 + BMI + Long-term illness. None of the p-values remains significant after False Discovery Rate correction