Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
Objectives: The current study investigated whether personality traits and facets were associated with interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen, and whether physical activity mediated the relationship between personality and biomarkers of inflammation. Methods: Personality was assessed in the Midlife Development in the United States study using the Multi-Dimensional Personality Questionnaire and Midlife Development Inventory personality scale. Data were included from 960 participants (mean age = 57.86 years, standard deviation = 11.46). Personality was assessed from 2004 to 2009. Serum levels of interleukin-6, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein were assessed in 2005–2009 as part of the Midlife Development in the United States biomarkers subproject. Results: Lower neuroticism was associated with elevated interleukin-6, and achievement was associated with lower fibrinogen. Higher physical activity was associated with lower interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein. Mediation models suggested that physical activity mediated the associations between achievement and both interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein. Discussion: Physical activity is an important factor in the Health Behavior Model of personality and explains some of the associations between personality and inflammation. These findings contribute to the fields of aging and health by linking individual difference factors to markers of inflammation, and showing that these processes may function partially through specific behaviors, in this case physical activity.
Digital Commons Citation
Graham, Eileen K.; Bastarache, Emily D.; Milad, Elizabeth; Turiano, Nicholas A.; Cotter, Kelly A.; and Mroczek, Daniel K., "Physical activity mediates the association between personality and biomarkers of inflammation" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1623.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1623
Source Citation
Graham, E. K., Bastarache, E. D., Milad, E., Turiano, N. A., Cotter, K. A., & Mroczek, D. K. (2018). Physical activity mediates the association between personality and biomarkers of inflammation. SAGE Open Medicine, 6, 205031211877499. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118774990
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