Table II.
Comparison of whole telomere genome (TL) and short telomere length (TLS) (<20th percentile) (in bases) between the sexes.
| Sex
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P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n=24)
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Female (n=23)
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| TLa | |||||
| 1st Quartile | 8,444 | 1,296 | 8,692 | 1,374 | 0,528 |
| Median | 10,142 | 1,315 | 10,490 | 1,537 | 0,407 |
| 3rd Quartile | 12,107 | 1,505 | 12,582 | 1,910 | 0,348 |
| TLSa | |||||
| 1st Quartile | 6,321 | 1,288 | 6,516 | 1,079 | 0,577 |
| Median | 7,052 | 1,270 | 7,247 | 1,173 | 0,587 |
| 3rd Quartile | 7,592 | 1,283 | 7,792 | 1,293 | 0,598 |
a
Data were analyzed using an independent samples t-test.