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. 2014 Feb 16;2014:403253. doi: 10.1155/2014/403253

Table 2.

The association between covariates and, respectively, LTL, and fatigue.

Covariates Association with LTL Association fatigue
Raw Adjusted (sex, age) Raw Adjusted (sex, age)
Coef CI (95%) P Coef CI (95%) P Coef CI (95%) P Coef CI (95%) P
Fatigue (Score 0–6) 0.039 0.006–0.071 0.019 0.038 †† 0.005–0.070 0.023
Age −0.019 −0.035–−0.003 0.018 −0.20 0.036–0.004 0.012 −0.041 −0.073–−0.009 0.012 0.040 0.072–0.008 0.014
Sex
 Male Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Female 0.161 0.032–0.290 0.014 0.169 0.041–0.297 0.009 −0.169 −0.426–0.088 0.197 −0.154 −0.408–0.099 0.233
Zygosity
 MZ Ref Ref Ref Ref
 DZ −0.027 −0.150–0.097 0.672 −0.039 −0.159–0.081 0.530 −0.020 −0.263–0.223 0.871 −0.047 −0.286–0.192 0.700
Geleffect 0.007 0.000–0.014 0.040 0.002 −0.008–0.011 0.688

Smoking
 Never Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Former −0.076 −0.172–0.021 0.124 −0.063 −0.160–0.035 0.206 −0.132 −0.408–0.144 0.349 −0.208 −0.490–0.074 0.148
 Current −0.127 −0.234–−0.020 0.020 −0.122 −0.230–−0.014 0.027 −0.156 −0.448–0.135 0.293 −0.252 −0.547–0.043 0.095
Physical activity (Score 0–4) 0.024 −0.006–0.054 0.122 0.020 −0.011–0.049 0.213 0.344 0.266–0.423 <0.001 0.336 0.257–0.415 <0.001
BMI −0.010 −0.022–0.003 0.137 −0.010 −0.023–0.003 0.127 −0.039 −0.072–−0.006 0.019 −0.052 −0.085–−0.018 0.002

Cognitive function 0.014 −0.000–0.027 0.053 0.011 −0.009–0.025 0.111 0.041 0.005–0.077 0.025 0.038 0.002–0.074 0.037
Depression symptomatology −0.012 −0.022–−0.002 0.022 −0.012 −0.022–−0.002 0.024 −0.120 −0.145–−0.094 <0.001 −0.118 −0.143–−0.093 <0.001

Cancer
 No Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Yes −0.005 −0.122–0.113 0.940 −0.010 −0.127–0.107 0.868 −0.230 −0.588–0.129 0.209 −0.236 −0.592–0.120 0.194
CVD
 No Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Yes −0.009 0.095–0.076 0.829 −0.013 −0.098–0.072 0.763 −0.173 −0.414–0.068 0.160 −0.167 −0.406–0.072 0.171
Diabetes
 No Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 0.001 −0.191–0.192 0.997 0.006 −0.184–0.196 0.952 −0.297 −0.852–0.257 0.293 −0.266 −0.817–0.284 0.343
Rheumatic
 No Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 0.004 −0.080–0.087 0.933 −0.011 −0.095–0.072 0.788 −0.414 −0.656–−0.179 0.001 −0.419 −0.659–−0.179 <0.001

Bold values mark the significant adjusted coeffients.

The coefficients shows the magnitude of the linear association between covariates and LTL respectively fatigue. First columns are raw data, while second columns are adjusted for sex and age.

††There is a significant association between LTL and fatigue when adjusting for age and sex. The coefficient of 0.038 tells that for every increase on the fatigue score (i.e. the less fatigued) the LTL is 0.038 kb longer.