Table 2.

Relationship between telomere length (TL) and epigenetic age (DNAmAge acceleration) measured in 2005 and parity over the subsequent four years (2005–2009). Models with and without adjustment for baseline gravidity in 2005.

	Parity 2005–2009
	Telomere Length		DNAmAge
	Unadjusted for Gravidity in 2005	Adjusted for Gravidity in 2005	Unadjusted for Gravidity in 2005	Adjusted fo rGravidity in 2005
Measurement time bt. 2005–2009 (Days)	−0.003	−0.003	−0.002	−0.002
p-values	0.005**	0.011*	0.058+	0.068+
Parity in 2005		0.252		0.123
p-values	0.000**		0.016*
Age Adjusted Telomere Length in 2005	0.041	0.155
p-values	0.885	0.588
Age Adjusted DNAmAge in 2005			−0.011	−0.016
p-values		0.484	0.325
Intercept	4.313	3.719	3.461	3.267
Observations	738	738	397	397
Log Likelihood	−832.737	−814.371	−485.277	−482.434
Akaike Inf. Crit.	1,671.474	1,636.742	976.553	972.867

Note: ⁺p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.