Table 3.
Mean differences in telomere length associated with a one year difference in age by race/ethnicity after adjustment for sets of covariates*
| Adjusted for sex | Adjusted for sex, income, and education† | Adjusted for sex, income, education, smoking, BMI, and leisure activity, and diet‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Sample | |||
| Whites | -0.0031 (0.0012) | -0.0029 (0.0013) | -0.0018 (0.0015) |
| Blacks | -0.006 (0.001) | -0.0059 (0.001) | -0.0047 (0.0011) |
| Hispanics | -0.0057 (0.0007) | -0.0059 (0.0008) | -0.0055 (0.0009) |
| P value (whites-blacks)† | 0.0604 | 0.0562 | 0.0864 |
| P value (whites-hispanics)† | 0.069 | 0.0594 | 0.0301 |
| Men | |||
| Whites | -0.0039 (0.0018) | -0.0042 (0.0021) | -0.0012 (0.0024) |
| Blacks | -0.0047 (0.0014) | -0.0048 (0.0015) | -0.0030 (0.0017) |
| Hispanics | -0.0041 (0.001) | -0.0041 (0.0011) | -0.0038 (0.0012) |
| P value (whites-blacks)† | 0.718 | 0.8098 | 0.4988 |
| P value (whites-hispanics)† | 0.9273 | 0.9867 | 0.317 |
| Women | |||
| Whites | -0.0031 (0.0016) | -0.0026 (0.0017) | -0.0012 (0.002) |
| Blacks | -0.0074 (0.0013) | -0.0072 (0.0014) | -0.0062 (0.0016) |
| Hispanics | -0.0074 (0.0011) | -0.0075 (0.0012) | -0.0071 (0.0013) |
| P value (whites-blacks)† | 0.0372 | 0.0307 | 0.0299 |
| P value (whites-hispanics)† | 0.025 | 0.0215 | 0.0128 |
*
All models (except sex stratified models) include interactions between age and sex, and between age and each of the other risk factors. Mean differences per 1 year of age in the full sample are adjusted to the overall sex composition of the full sample. Risk factor adjusted estimates are also adjusted to the mean risk factor distribution of the full sample.