Table 2.
Relation between clinical characteristics and arterial telomere uncapping ((log) p-H2A.X) and mean telomere length
| Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlate with (log) p-H2A.X | r | p | r | p |
| Body mass index | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Systolic blood pressure | −0.15 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.05* |
| Diastolic blood pressure | −0.27 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.26 |
| Blood urea nitrogen | 0.04 | 0.43 | −0.03 | 0.42 |
| Serum creatinine | −0.08 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.04* |
| Correlate with mean telomere length | ||||
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| Body mass index | −0.26 | 0.10 | −0.26 | 0.07 |
| Systolic blood pressure | −0.07 | 0.36 | −0.25 | 0.08 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | −0.11 | 0.30 | −0.22 | 0.11 |
| Pulse pressure | −0.15 | 0.22 | −0.15 | 0.20 |
| Blood glucose | −0.45 | 0.01* | −0.03 | 0.43 |
| Blood urea nitrogen | −0.06 | 0.39 | −0.39 | 0.02* |
| Serum creatinine | 0.04 | 0.43 | −0.12 | 0.26 |