. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 7;33(5):497–500. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0363-2

Table 1.

Association of Pedometer-Determined Steps Per Day & Leukocyte Telomere Length Among Strong Heart Family Study Participants (n=2,312)

Daily steps	<3,029	3,030–4,920	4,921–7,366	7,367+
		β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	p-trend
Model 1^a	reference	0.0212 (0.0148)	0.0296 (0.0144)	0.0404 (0.0140)	0.005
Model 2^b	reference	0.0195 (0.0144)	0.0273 (0.0139)	0.0375 (0.0143)	0.010
Model 3^c	reference	0.0164 (0.0144)	0.0248 (0.0143)	0.0340 (0.0160)	0.026

model 1 adjusts for age, age², sex, & site

Model 2 additionally adjusts for education, smoking, alcohol use, alternative healthy eating index, diabetes, & cardiovascular disease

Model 3 additionally adjusts for BMI & fibrinogen.

Abbreviations: β, beta coefficient; SE, standard error