TABLE 2.
Linear Regressions Predicting Telomere Length (Interaction Term Analysis), Full Sample
| N=2,599 | Model A |
Model B |
Model C |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Coef | SE | p | Coef | SE | p | Coef | SE | p |
| Age | −26.6 | 7.7 | 0.001 ** | −26.3 | 7.9 | 0.001 ** | −18.2 | 10.8 | 0.090 |
| Female | 270.5 | 46.3 | <0.001 ** | 277.3 | 46.3 | <0.001 ** | 259.5 | 63.2 | <0.001 ** |
| Black | 64.0 | 49.0 | 0.192 | 98.0 | 50.6 | 0.053 | 10.7 | 64.6 | 0.869 |
| Education > HS | - | - | - | 125.0 | 47.6 | 0.009 ** | 1193.3 | 1167.2 | 0.307 |
| Age × Education | - | - | - | - | - | - | −15.8 | 15.8 | 0.318 |
| Female × Education | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.2 | 91.2 | 0.791 |
| Black × Education | - | - | - | - | - | - | 207.8 | 98.7 | 0.035 * |
Notes: All models adjusted for chronic conditions, study site, and telomere batch.
*
p<.05
**
p<.01