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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2013 May 30;33:10.1016/j.bbi.2013.05.008. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.05.008

Table 2.

Adjusted associations of telomere length and reverse coded emotion suppression, social connections, and physical activity combined as multisystem resiliency (Model A) and as independent factors (Model B).

Leukocyte telomere length (base pairs)
Model A
Model B
b SE 95% C.I. b SE 95% C.I.
Multisystem resiliency 80.00 27.17 26.68, 133.31 – – –
Emotion suppressiona – – – 12.07 18.22 −23.68, 47.83
Social connections – – – 22.48 18.60 −14.02, 58.97
Physical activity – – – 27.70 17.97 −7.57, 62.97
Sleep quality – – – 30.49 17.97 −4.78, 65.77

Note: Models are adjusted for sociodemographics (age, race, sex, education level), chronic conditions (hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes mellitus, asthma), medication use (statins, aspirin, antidepressants, angiotensin receptor blockers, the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors), smoking status, BMI, and resting left ventricular ejection fraction. Z-scored emotion suppression, social connections, physical activity, and sleep quality were included in Model B.

a

Emotion Suppression is reverse coded such that a positive relationship with telomere length suggests that low emotion suppression is associated with longer telomeres.