Table S1: Cook-Medley individual item responses as predictors of mortality
Dead
(N = 136)
Alive
(N = 520)
OR* (95% CI)
P Value
*1. I have often had to take orders from someone who did not know as much as I did
63 (46.3 %)
196 (38.0 %)
1.42 (0.96, 2.11)
.079
2. I think a great many people exaggerate their misfortunes in order to gain the sympathy and help of others
83 (61.0 %)
277 (53.5 %)
1.24 (0.84, 1.85)
.29
3. It takes a lot of argument to convince most people of the truth
75 (56.0%)
239 (46.2 %)
1.36 (0.92, 2.02)
.13
4. I think most people would lie to get ahead
75 (55.1 %)
250 (48.4 %)
1.41 (0.95, 2.08)
.089
5. Most people are honest chiefly through fear of being caught
67 (50.4 %)
241 (46.9 %)
1.10 (0.75, 1.64)
.62
6. Most people will use somewhat unfair means to gain profit or advantage rather than to lose it
77 (57.5 %)
278 (53.9 %)
1.15 (0.77, 1.71)
.49
7. No one cares much what happens to you
35 (25.9 %)
113 (21.8 %)
1.52 (0.96, 2.40)
.074
8. It is safer to trust nobody
35 (25.9 %)
124 (23.9 %)
1.29 (0.82, 2.02)
.28
9. Most people make friends because friends are likely to be useful to them
55 (40.4 %)
165 (31.9 %)
1.41 (0.95, 2.11)
.09
10. Most people inwardly dislike putting themselves out to help other people
*11. I have often met people who were supposed to be experts who were no better than I
50 (37.3 %)
169 (32.8 %)
1.30 (0.86, 1.96)
.21
92 (67.6 %)
283 (54.8 %)
1.64 (1.09, 2.46)
.019
12. People generally demand more respect for their own rights than they are willing to allow for others
47 (34.6 %)
176 (34.0 %)
0.93 (0.62, 1.41)
.74
13. Someone has it in for me
12 (8.9 %)
54 (10.5 %)
0.97 (0.49, 1.90)
.93
14. I commonly wonder what hidden reason another person may have for doing something nice for me
33 (24.3 %)
113 (21.8 %)
1.14 (0.72, 1.80)
.58
15. I feel that I have often been punished without cause
26 (19.1 %)
86 (16.7 %)
1.29 (0.78, 2.13)
.32
16. My relatives are nearly all in sympathy with me†
57 (41.9 %)
236 (46.2 %)
1.07 (0.71, 1.60)
.75
17. My way of doing things is apt to be misunderstood by others
59 (43.4 %)
208 (40.3 %)
1.13 (0.76, 1.67)
.55
18. I have often felt that strangers were looking at me critically
28 (20.6 %)
92 (17.8 %)
1.46 (0.89, 2.40)
.13
19. I am sure I am being talked about
42 (31.1 %)
115 (22.2 %)
1.70 (1.10, 2.63)
.017
20. I tend to be on my guard with people who are somewhat more friendly that I had expected
66 (48.5 %)
215 (41.5 %)
1.34 (0.91, 1.99)
.14
21. The man who had most to do with me when I was a child (such as my father, etc.) was very strict with me
57 (42.5 %)
224 (43.7 %)
0.99 (0.67, 1.47)
.97
22. I have often found people jealous of my ideas, just because they had not thought of them first
39 (28.9 %)
122 (23.6 %)
1.41 (0.91, 2.18)
.13
*23. I have frequently worked under people who seem to have things arranged so that they get credit for
good work but are able to pass of mistakes onto those under them
57 (42.5 %)
172 (33.2 %)
1.54 (1.03, 2.30)
.035
Item
Table S1 Continued: Cook-Medley individual item responses as predictors of mortality
Dead
(N = 136)
Alive
(N = 520)
OR (95% CI)
P Value
24. Sometimes I am sure that other people can tell what I am thinking †
25. It makes me impatient to have people ask my advice or otherwise interrupt me when I am working on
something important
35 (25.9 %)
96 (18.5 %)
1.49 (0.94, 2.37)
.091
61 (45.2 %)
190 (36.8 %)
1.33 (0.90, 1.98)
.16
*26. Some of my family have habits that bother and annoy me very much
71 (52.2 %)
254 (49.2 %)
1.23 (0.84, 1.82)
.29
27. People often disappoint me
51 (37.5 %)
169 (32.8 %)
1.38 (0.92, 2.07)
.12
28. I am not easily angered†
46 (34.3 %)
164 (31.8 %)
1.18 (0.78, 1.79)
.43
29. There are certain people whom I dislike so much that I am inwardly pleased when they are catching it for
something they have done
33 (24.8 %)
172 (33.2 %)
0.68 (0.43, 1.06)
.089
30. When someone does a wrong I feel I should pay him back if I can, just for the principle of the things
32 (23.5 %)
114 (22.1 %)
1.04 (0.66, 1.65)
.86
31. I don't blame anyone for trying to grab everything he can get in this world
63 (47.4 %)
217 (41.8 %)
1.34 (0.90, 1.98)
.15
32. I can be friendly with people who do things which I consider wrong †
57 (42.2 %)
225 (43.9 %)
0.97 (0.65, 1.44)
.87
33. I do not blame a person for taking advantage of someone who lays himself open to it
39 (28.9 %)
118 (22.8 %)
1.28 (0.82, 1.99)
.28
*34. I would certainly enjoy beating a crook at his own game
79 (58.5 %)
260 (50.7 %)
1.09 (0.73, 1.62)
.69
*35. I have at times had to be rough with people who were rude or annoying
83 (61.0 %)
321 (62.0 %)
0.99 (0.66, 1.48)
.96
36. I am often inclined to go out of my way to win a point with someone who has opposed me
*37. I do not try to cover up my poor opinion or pity of a person so that he won't know how I feel
57 (41.9 %)
184 (35.5 %)
1.26 (0.85, 1.88)
.25
57 (41.9 %)
175 (34.0 %)
1.49 (1.00, 2.22)
.051
38. I strongly defend my own opinions as a rule
97 (71.9 %)
390 (75.0 %)
0.78 (0.50, 1.20)
.26
39. I prefer to pass by friends, or people I know but have not seen for a long time, unless they speak to me
first
26 (19.3 %)
85 (16.3 %)
1.26 (0.76, 2.09)
.36
31 (23.0 %)
131 (25.2 %)
0.84 (0.53, 1.33)
.46
54 (40.0 %)
220 (42.3 %)
0.91 (0.61, 1.35)
.64
76 (56.3 %)
324 (63.0 %)
0.78 (0.52, 1.15)
.21
Item
40. I am likely not to speak to people until they speak to me
41. I have sometimes stayed away from another person because I feared doing or saying something that I
might regret afterwards
42. I am quite often not in on the gossip and talk of the group I belong to
Odds ratios adjusted for age and sex
* Williams: items 1, 11, 23, 26, 34-35, 37;
† Items are reverse-coded where a score of 1 is "false" and 0 is "true"
Cynicism: items 1-12; Hostile attribution: items 13-24; Hostile affect: items 25-29; Aggressive responding: items 30-38; Social avoidance: items 39-42; Cynical distrust: items 4-10,
14;