Table 2.
Multivariate linear analysis of the association between total carotenoid and serum Klotho level.
| Total Carotenoid | Model I β (95%CI) |
P | Model II β (95%CI) |
P | Model III β (95%CI) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous | 10.87 (1.53,20.21) | 0.02 | 9.60 (0.90,18.30) | 0.03 | 8.40 (0.48, 16.31) | 0.04 |
| Quartiles | ||||||
| Quartile 1 | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
| Quartile 2 | 29.09 (1.63,56.55) | 0.04 | 27.5 (0.28,54.71) | 0.05 | 23.82 ( -4.08, 51.72) | 0.09 |
| Quartile 3 | 24.1 (-0.34,48.55) | 0.05 | 23.55 (-0.75,47.85) | 0.06 | 25.07 (0.70, 49.44) | 0.04 |
| Quartile 4 | 40.85 (8.57,73.12) | 0.01 | 39.12 ( 6.90,71.35) | 0.02 | 34.64 (0.34, 69.62) | 0.04 |
Model I: non-adjusted model; Model II: adjusted for year and age; Model III: adjusted for year, age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education level, family income-to-poverty ratio, smoking status, drinking status, estimated glomerular filtration rate, body mass index, total energy intake, physical activity, medication use, systemic immune-inflammation index, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and self-reported chronic diseases.