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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 2010 Feb 23;131(3):215–222. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.02.001

Table 2.

Results of Cox regression model applied to individual endophenotypes measured in offspring and parental longevity in the combined LLFS sample (Denmark and the United States)

Covariate Fathers Mothers

Daughters Sons All Daughters Sons All

β N β N β N β N β N β N

BG −0.0025 355 0.0042 295 0.0005 650 0.0043* 374 0.0008 304 0.0021 678
BMI 0.0048 359 0.0416# 292 0.0154 651 0.0141 374 0.0153 303 0.0153 677
CANCER 0.231* 389 −0.0364 310 0.1049 699 0.0763 408 −0.0362 319 0.0368 727
CHOL −0.0018 357 −0.0009 298 −0.0011 655 0.0025* 376 0.0008 307 0.0016 683
DBP −0.0022 381 −0.0022 306 −0.0025 687 0.0083* 399 −0.0034 315 0.0039 714
EDUC 0.0914 389 −0.0178 309 0.0693 698 0.284# 408 0.2058 318 0.2438# 726
FEV1 0 317 0.0001 272 0 589 −0.0003* 332 −0.0003# 279 −0.0002* 611
FVC 0.0001 317 0.0001 272 0 589 −0.0003* 332 −0.0003# 279 −0.0001* 611
GRIP −0.0125 379 0.0098 304 −0.0034 683 −0.0181* 395 −0.0034 313 −0.004 708
HCT 0.0008 346 −0.0183 287 −0.0098 633 −0.0104 362 −0.0126 294 −0.0099 656
HYPERT −0.0758 387 0.2202 308 0.0602 695 −0.0354 405 0.0312 317 −0.0289 722
INCOME 0.2134 376 0.1015 303 0.2025 679 0.057 394 0.2123 312 0.0934 706
INTACT −0.1823 325 0.1883 278 0.0697 603 0.1913 334 −0.1849 288 −0.0156 622
MMSE −0.002 372 0.0046 293 −0.0009 665 −0.0037 389 −0.0272 300 −0.0108 689
MODACT −0.0814 383 0.1106 310 0.0304 693 −0.0229 403 −0.0838 319 −0.0498 722
PP 0.0032 381 −0.0013 306 0.0021 687 0.0032 399 0.005 315 0.0034 714
PR −0.0089* 380 0.004 306 −0.0034 686 0.002 398 0.0083 315 0.0042 713
SBP 0.0016 381 −0.0013 306 0.0008 687 0.0037* 399 0.002 315 0.0029* 714
*

0.01 ≤ p <0.05;

#

p <0.01; for other estimates p ≥ 0.05

β denotes the estimates of respective regression parameters; N signifies the sample size

Abbreviations: BG - fasting blood glucose, BMI - body mass index, CHOL - total cholesterol, DBP (SBP, PP) - diastolic (systolic, pulse) blood pressure, EDUC - low education, FEV1 - forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FVC - forced vital capacity, GRIP - grip strength, HCT - hematocrit, HYPERT – hypertension, INCOME - low income, INTACT - no intensive physical activity, MMSE - total MMSE score, MODACT - no moderate physical activity, PR - pulse rate