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Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Mortality in a Defined Population of Older Persons

Robert S. Wilson, PhD, Kristin R. Krueger, PhD, Liping Gu, MS, Julia L. Bienias, ScD, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, PhD and Denis A. Evans, MD

From the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RSW, KRK) and the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (LG, JLB, CFMdL, DAE), and the Departments of Neurological Sciences (RSW, DAE), Psychology (RSW, KRK), and Internal Medicine (JLB, CFMdL, DAE), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.



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  		Figure 1. Cumulative hazard of death in typical participants with high (90th percentile, dotted line) and low (10th percentile, solid line) levels of neuroticism (upper panel) and extraversion (lower panel), adjusted for age, sex, race, and education.

 




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