Table 3.

Associations between telomere length and characteristics of patients at baseline (n = 181)

	Univariate			Adjusted for age and sex
Variables	β	P-valuea	95% CI	β	P-valuea	95% CI
Age	−0.04	<0.001	−0.006; −0.003
Female vs male	0.06	0.04	0.003; 0.11
BMI
Underweight	0.13	0.15	−0.04; 0.30	0.08	0.33	−0.08; 0.24
Normal weight	Ref			Ref
Overweight	−0.05	0.01	−0.10; −0.01	−0.04	0.04	−0.08; −0.001
Obese	−0.03	0.20	−0.08; 0.02	−0.02	0.30	−0.07; 0.02
Smoking status (yes vs no)	−0.002	0.94	−0.05; 0.05	−0.007	0.78	−0.05; 0.04
Alcohol status
Standard size drinks per week
< 1	Ref			Ref
1–4	0.02	0.37	−0.02; 0.06	0.02	0.36	−0.02; 0.06
> =5	0.04	0.15	−0.01; 0.10	0.05	0.08	−0.006; 0.10
Education
Low	−0.07	0.04	−0.14; −0.002	−0.03	0.41	−0.09; 0.04
Middle	−0.04	0.04	−0.08; −0.002	−0.03	0.15	−0.06; 0.009
High	Ref			Ref
Pharmacotherapyb (yes vs no)	−0.005	0.79	−0.04; 0.03	−0.007	0.68	−0.04; 0.03
MADRS-S	0.002	0.11	−0.0005; 0.004	0.002	0.19	−0.00007; 0.004
HAD-D	0.002	0.45	−0.003; 0.007	0.003	0.16	−0.001; 0.008
HAD-A	0.004	0.12	−0.001; 0.009	0.001	0.66	−0.004; 0.006
PHQ-9	0.003	0.05	−0.00005; 0.006	0.002	0.13	−0.0006; 0.005

^aAssociation tested by a linear regression model

^bAntidepressants and/or tranquilizers