TABLE 3.

Associations of telomere length with common age-related diseases

Disease	Prevalent	N	Mean LTL	SD	p-value (original)	p-value (multiple comparison)
cancer (1999 NLTCS)	yes	39	0.607	0.13	0.01	0.048
	no	571	0.660	0.13
lung diseases (1999 NLTCS)	yes	129	0.671	0.14	0.19	0.30
	no	481	0.653	0.13
musculoskeletal diseases (1999 NLTCS)	yes	383	0.650	0.13	0.10	0.19
	no	227	0.669	0.14
infectious diseases (Medicare)	yes	336	0.667	0.14	0.046	0.11
	no	288	0.646	0.13
CVD (Medicare)	yes	499	0.664	0.13	0.01	0.048
	no	125	0.632	0.13
diabetes (Medicare)	yes	204	0.664	0.14	0.41	0.47
	no	420	0.655	0.13