Skip to main content

Table 4 Standardised Betas (95% CIs) for the models assessing relationships between personality traits and total sedentary time (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

0.11 (− 0.01, 0.23)

.065

0.10 (− 0.02, 0.21)

.103

 age

0.03 (− 0.09 0.15)

.645

0.02 (− 0.09 0.14)

.684

 sex

− 0.46 (− 0.70, − 0.22)

.000

− 0.41 (− 0.64, − 0.17)

.000

 BMI

  

0.27 (0.15, 0.39)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.11 (−0.19, 0.41)

.481

Agreeableness

−0.11 (− 0.24, 0.02)

.087

− 0.14 (− 0.26, − 0.01)

.029

 age

0.03 (− 0.24, 0.02)

.644

0.02 (− 0.10, 0.14)

.703

 sex

− 0.35 (− 0.62, − 0.09)

.008

− 0.28 (− 0.54, − 0.03)

.028

 BMI

  

0.29 (0.17, 0.41)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.08 (− 0.22, 0.38)

.613

Conscientiousness

−0.14 (− 0.25, − 0.02)

.025

− 0.10 (− 0.22, 0.01)

.075

 age

0.01 (− 0.11, 0.14)

.812

0.01 (− 0.11, 0.13)

.886

 sex

−0.45 (− 0.69, − 0.21)

.000

−0.40 (− 0.64, − 0.17)

.000

 BMI

  

0.28 (0.15, 0.40)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.09 (−0.20, 0.40)

.515

Emotional Stability

0.01 (−0.11, 0.13)

.847

0.01 (− 0.10, 0.13)

.837

 age

0.02 (−0.10, 0.14)

.712

0.02 (− 0.10, 0.14)

.722

 sex

−0.44 (− 0.68, − 0.20)

.000

−0.39 (− 0.62, − 0.15)

.001

 BMI

  

0.27 (0.15, 0.39)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.11 (−0.19, 0.41)

.479

Intellect/Imagination

−0.05 (− 0.17, 0.07)

.400

− 0.07 (− 0.19, 0.04)

.223

 age

0.03 (− 0.10, 0.15)

.679

0.02 (− 0.10, 0.14)

.761

 sex

−0.43 (− 0.67, − 0.19)

.000

− 0.38 (− 0.61, − 0.14)

.002

 BMI

  

0.28 (0.16, 0.40)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.12 (−0.18, 0.42)

.441

Extraversion

0.20 (0.06, 0.34)

.005

0.20 (0.06, 0.33)

.004

Agreeableness

−0.13 (− 0.28, 0.02)

.081

− 0.16 (− 0.30, − 0.01)

.033

Conscientiousness

− 0.11 (− 0.24, 0.02)

.092

−0.07 (− 0.19, 0.06)

.278

Emotional Stability

0.04 (− 0.09, 0.17)

.527

0.04 (−0.08, 0.16)

.535

Intellect/Imagination

−0.08 (− 0.22, 0.06)

.252

− 0.10 (− 0.24, 0.04)

.160

 age

0.03 (− 0.10, 0.15)

.653

0.02 (− 0.10, 0.14)

.696

 sex

−0.39 (− 0.66, − 0.12)

.005

−0.32 (− 0.58, − 0.06)

.018

 BMI

  

0.28 (0.16, 0.41)

.000

 Long-term illness

  

0.10 (−0.21, 0.40)

.531

  1. Note. Model 1 = personality trait(s) + age + sex; Model 2 = Model 1 + BMI + Long-term illness