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Table II.

Raw and age-adjusted mean telomere length

Sample group	N	Mean age (years)	Mean telomere length		P-value^a,b
Sample group	N	Mean age (years)	Raw data (±SD) (kb)	Age-adjusted (kb)	P-value^a,b
Control group 1	108	36.3	8.98 ± 1.15	8.92
Control group 2	46	41.5	8.99 ± 1.03	9.11	0.36
POF patients	34	35.4	9.61 ± 1.38	9.58	0.01, 0.32
RM	95	35.8	8.47 ± 0.92	8.46	0.0004, 0.02
Single trisomy	32	36.3	8.80 ± 0.78	8.80	0.39, 0.26
Multiple trisomy	17	39.3	8.42 ± 0.69	8.52	0.11, 0.06

^aP-values in comparison with Control groups 1 and 2, respectively.

^bAnalysis of covariance (k = 2 in comparison with Control group 1 or 2) was used to adjust raw telomere length data by age in comparisons between groups.