Table 4.

Bivariate Correlations Between Telomere Length and Salient Variables Equal to or Greater than 0.20 in Absolute Value (N = 102).

Variable	Telomere Length (units)	p
Subset 1
Age	−.23	.02
BMI	−.23	.02
Subset 2
Health rating	.27	.006
Had children	.37	< .001
Smoked 100 cigarettes ever	.20	.04
Subset 3
Length of time abused	−.32	.001
Time since abuse	−.21	.03
Psychological aggression—minor	−.23	.02
Physical assault—minor	−.22	.02
Injury—minor	−.26	.009
Sexual coercion—Severe	−.25	.01
Total lifetime trauma exposures	−.21	.04

Note. BMI = body mass index.