Table 2.
Crude and multi-variable (age-sex-race-education-marital status-BMI-Smoking-CRP) association between telomere length and serum antioxidant
| Variables | Crude model | Multivariable model | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95% CI | β | p-value | |
| α-carotene(umol/L) | 0.021 | (− 0.019,0.113) | 0.058 | (0.246, 0.807) |
| trans-β-carotene(umol/L) | −0.026 | (− 0.037,0.003) | 0.060 | (0.081,0.251) |
| cis- β -carotene(umol/L) | −0.026 | (−0.663, 0.051) | 0.061 | (1.52,4.59) |
| β -cryptoxanthin(umol/L) | 0.041 | (0.016,0.108) | 0.049 | (0.112,0.501) |
| g-tocopherol(umol/L) | −0.047 | (−0.006,-0.001) | − 0.016 | (− 0.062,0.126) |
| Combined Lutein/zeaxanthin(umol/L) | − 0.023 | (− 0.082, 0.010) | 0.400 | (0.062,0.495) |
| trans-lycopene(umol/L) | 0.142 | (0.132, 0.203) | 0.017 | (−0.066,0.238) |
| Retinyl palmitate(umol/L) | −0.002 | (−0.087,0.074) | 0.015 | (−0.178,0.498) |
| Retinyl stearate(umol/L) | −0.052 | (−0.714, − 0.187) | 0.004 | (− 0.959,1.261) |
| Retinol(umol/L) | − 0.035 | (− 0.062,0.040) | 0.006 | (− 0.039,0.058) |
| α -tocopherol(umol/L) | − 0.050 | (− 0.516,0.0129) | 0.008 | (− 0.002,0.003) |
Linear regression, adjusted for age-sex-race-education-marital status-BMI-Smoking-CRP