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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2012 Oct 25;36(5):405–411. doi: 10.1159/000343495

Table 4. Longitudinal association between baseline measures of kidney function and change in telomere length over 5 years (from baseline to Y5)* (N=608).

(Coefficients represent number of base pairs change associated with each unit of worsening kidney function; positive coefficient represents telomere lengthening; negative coefficient represents telomere shortening)

Measure of kidney function Unadjusted
β-coefficient (95% CI)
Adjusted for age
β-coefficient (95% CI)
Serum creatinine (per 1 mg/dL increase) −47.8* (−93.3, −2.2) −42.1 (−85.8, 1.7)
CrCl by 24 hour urine collection (per 5 ml/min decrease) −3.6* (−7.8, −0.1) 1.2 (−2.8, 5.1)
eGFRCKD-EPI (per 5 ml/min/1.73 m2 decrease) −10.8* (−17.3, −4.3) −0.4 (−7.4, 6.7)
Log Cystatin C (per log mg/L increase) −139.8* (−231.1,−48.6) −54.6 (−146.2, 37.1)
eGFRcys (per 5 ml/min/1.73 m2 decrease) −9.7* (−15.5, −3.9) −3.4 (−9.4, 2.5)
Log Urine albumin to creatinine ratio (per log mg/gram increase) −6.9 (−28.5,14.7) −5.4 (−26.1, 15.4)
*

P<0.05