Table S1: Cook-Medley individual item responses as predictors of mortality

Dead Alive
Item OR* (95% CI) P Value
(N = 136) (N = 520)
*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 50 (37.3 %) 169 (32.8 %) 1.30 (0.86, 1.96) .21
*11. I have often met people who were supposed to be experts who were no better than I 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
57 (42.5 %) 172 (33.2 %) 1.54 (1.03, 2.30) .035
good work but are able to pass of mistakes onto those under them
 Dead Alive
Item OR (95% CI) P Value
(N = 136) (N = 520)
24. Sometimes I am sure that other people can tell what I am thinking † 35 (25.9 %) 96 (18.5 %) 1.49 (0.94, 2.37) .091
25. It makes me impatient to have people ask my advice or otherwise interrupt me when I am working on
61 (45.2 %) 190 (36.8 %) 1.33 (0.90, 1.98) .16
something important
*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
33 (24.8 %) 172 (33.2 %) 0.68 (0.43, 1.06) .089
something they have done
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 57 (41.9 %) 184 (35.5 %) 1.26 (0.85, 1.88) .25
*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 %) 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
26 (19.3 %) 85 (16.3 %) 1.26 (0.76, 2.09) .36
first
40. I am likely not to speak to people until they speak to me 31 (23.0 %) 131 (25.2 %) 0.84 (0.53, 1.33) .46
41. I have sometimes stayed away from another person because I feared doing or saying something that I
54 (40.0 %) 220 (42.3 %) 0.91 (0.61, 1.35) .64
might regret afterwards
42. I am quite often not in on the gossip and talk of the group I belong to 76 (56.3 %) 324 (63.0 %) 0.78 (0.52, 1.15) .21
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,
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