Table 3.

Association between neighborhood deprivation index and leukocyte telomere length, NHANES, 1999–2002 (n = 5106)^a.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5		Model 6
	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p
Low NDI (Ref)
Medium NDI	−0.040 (0.013)	0.003	−0.050 (0.012)	<0.0001	−0.045 (0.012)	0.0003	−0.044 (0.012)	0.0005	−0.043 (0.012)	0.0006	−0.043 (0.012)	0.0005
High NDI	−0.030 (0.013)	0.021	−0.049 (0.013)	<0.0001	−0.040 (0.013)	0.002	−0.039 (0.013)	0.004	−0.039 (0.013)	0.003	−0.039 (0.013)	0.003

Abbreviations: NDI, Neighborhood Deprivation Index; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Ref, Referent; SE, Standard Error.

Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).

Note: Model 1 is unadjusted. Model 2 adjusts for demographic characteristics. Model 3 further adjusts for socioeconomic status and urban/rural classification. Model 4 further adjusts for leukocyte count and lifestyle factors. Model 5 further adjusts for cardiovascular risk factors. Finally, Model 6 further adjusts for c-reactive protein.

^aThe estimates were adjusted for the complex survey MEC weights.