ArticleJournal of psychosomatic research2022
Personality traits at age 16 and risk of metabolic syndrome at age 46.
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- Neuroticism, loneliness, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A 17-year study of nearly 500,000 individuals.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Correlations between personality traits, personality disorders, and immunometabolic markers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Early Weight Status and Human Capital in Adulthood: A 32-Year Follow-Up of the 1970 British Cohort Study.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Neuroticism and white matter hyperintensities.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Metabolic Syndrome in Affective Disorders: Associations with Dark Triad Personality Traits.Metabolites · 2023Article
- The association between personality and plasma biomarkers of astrogliosis and neuronal injury.Neurobiology of aging · 2023Article
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objectiveTo examine whether five-factor model personality traits at age 16 are associated with risk of metabolic syndrome 30 years later at age 46 and whether adolescent personality mediates the association between childhood social class and midlife metabolic health.
methodsParticipants were from the British Cohort Study 1970, a birth cohort study of participants all born in the same week in 1970. Personality was assessed by participants' mothers (n = 3819) and participants' themselves (n = 2697) at age 16. The five components of the metabolic syndrome were measured at the age 46 assessment: elevated blood pressure, glucose, triglycerides, waist circumference and lower HDL cholesterol.
resultsMother-rated neuroticism and mother-rated conscientiousness at age 16 were associated with risk of metabolic syndrome at age 46 (OR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.04, 1.36 and OR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.62, 0.78, respectively). Self-reported neuroticism was also associated with metabolic syndrome risk (OR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.91). Mother-rated conscientiousness at age 16 accounted for 10% of the association between childhood social class and metabolic health at age 46. None of the other traits were significant mediators.
conclusionConsistent with lifespan models of personality and health, age 16 personality traits were associated with metabolic health measured 30 years later. Personality traits may also function as a mechanism through which early-life socioeconomic status contributes to midlife health.
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