Table 1.
General characteristics of the study populations.
| n | n_BMI | % female | LTL | Age | BMI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | 95% CI | mean | SD | 95% CI | mean | SD | 95% CI | ||||
| KORA | 3003 | 2988 | 51.8 | 1.85 | 0.33 | 1.84 - 1.86 | 56.08 | 13.25 | 55.61 - 56.55 | 27.61 | 4.80 | 27.44 - 27.78 |
| NTR | 1314 | 1307 | 33.3 | 2.54 | 0.47 | 2.51 - 2.57 | 50.60 | 14.13 | 49.84 - 51.36 | 25.97 | 3.80 | 25.76 - 26.18 |
| EGCUT | 1084 | 1084 | 50.3 | 1.90 | 0.30 | 1.88 - 1.92 | 37.78 | 15.70 | 36.85 - 38.71 | 25.16 | 4.56 | 24.89 - 25.43 |
| TwinsUK | 810 | 810 | 100.0 | 3.58 | 0.64 | 3.54 - 3.62 | 53.72 | 10.76 | 53.10 - 54.34 | 26.44 | 5.35 | 26.13 - 26.75 |
| ERF | 806 | 806 | 53.7 | 1.79 | 0.37 | 1.76 - 1.82 | 47.76 | 13.97 | 46.80 - 48.72 | 27.17 | 4.81 | 26.84 - 27.50 |
| LLS | 643 | 643 | 50.1 | 1.44 | 0.27 | 1.42 - 1.46 | 62.91 | 6.61 | 62.40 - 63.42 | 26.65 | 4.01 | 26.34 - 26.96 |
| QIMR | 193 | 0 | 48.2 | 3.43 | 0.56 | 3.35 - 3.51 | 18.44 | 12.65 | 16.66 - 20.22 | NA | NA | NA |
Abbreviations: n = number of participants with data available on metabolites, telomere length, age, and sex; n_BMI = number of participants with data available on metabolites, telomere length, age, sex, and BMI; LTL = leukocyte telomere length; SD = standard deviation. LTL as a ratio of telomere repeat length to copy number of the single copy gene 36B4; Age in years; BMI in kg/m2.