Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of SHFS participants according to LTL quartiles (N = 2568)
| Characteristics | LTL quartiles | P for trenda | |||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
| No. of participants | 633 | 626 | 678 | 631 | – |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 47.5 ± 16.0 | 42.9 ± 15.9 | 36.8 ± 15.4 | 31.7 ± 14.7 | <0.001 |
| Male, n (%) | 253 (39.97) | 244 (38.98) | 281 (41.45) | 241 (38.19) | 0.026 |
| Current drinking, n (%) | 343 (54.19) | 350 (55.91) | 407 (60.03) | 417 (66.09) | 0.486 |
| Education level, years (mean ± SD) | 12.3 ± 2.3 | 12.3 ± 2.3 | 12.1 ± 2.3 | 11.9 ± 2.2 | 0.960 |
| Processed meat consumption (g/day, mean ± SD)b | 38.6 ± 41.5 | 37.1 ± 39.7 | 47.4 ± 65.0 | 41.2 ± 48.1 | 0.761 |
| Ideal cardiovascular health indices | |||||
| Current smoking, n (%) | 217 (34.34) | 230 (36.86) | 261 (38.50) | 239 (37.88) | 0.722 |
| BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 32.18 ± 7.62 | 31.92 ± 7.82 | 31.26 ± 7.41 | 29.50 ± 7.15 | <0.001 |
| Physical activity (steps/day, mean ± SD) | 5275.2 ± 3859.5 | 5701.3 ± 3809.2 | 6235.4 ± 3905.2 | 6555.1 ± 4023.0 | 0.079 |
| Diet, healthy score (mean ± SD) | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 0.6 ± 0.7 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 0.983 |
| SBP (mmHg, mean ± SD) | 124.5 ± 17.5 | 124.1 ± 17.1 | 122.9 ± 16.5 | 118.8 ± 15.0 | 0.053 |
| DBP (mmHg, mean ± SD) | 76.5 ± 10.6 | 76.6 ± 11.3 | 77.0 ± 11.4 | 74.8 ± 10.5 | 0.803 |
| TC (mg/dL, mean ± SD) | 187.3 ± 38.6 | 185.7 ± 36.2 | 183.0 ± 37.1 | 174.9 ± 37.8 | 0.561 |
| FPG (mg/dL, mean ± SD) | 116.5 ± 52.9 | 112.7 ± 47.8 | 105.3 ± 44.1 | 100.1 ± 33.5 | 0.003 |
LTL leukocyte telomere length, Q quartile, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose
a
Adjust for age and sex using GEE regression model to account for family relatedness of participants
b
Processed meat included breakfast sausage, spam, hotdogs, and lunchmeat