Table 4.

Sex-stratified association between neighborhood deprivation index and leukocyte telomere length, NHANES, 1999–2002.^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
Women (N = 2421)
Low NDI (Ref)
Medium NDI	−0.036 (0.015)	0.021	−0.047 (0.014)	0.001	−0.042 (0.015)	0.006	−0.040 (0.015)	0.008	−0.039 (0.015)	0.009	−0.020 (0.016)	0.009
High NDI	−0.013 (0.015)	0.406	−0.034 (0.015)	0.028	−0.025 (0.016)	0.127	−0.023 (0.016)	0.158	−0.021 (0.016)	0.203	−0.039 (0.015)	0.212
Men (N = 2671)
Low NDI (Ref)
Medium NDI	−0.042 (0.015)	0.006	−0.052 (0.014)	0.0002	−0.047 (0.014)	0.001	−0.046 (0.014)	0.001	−0.044 (0.014)	0.002	−0.045 (0.014)	0.002
High NDI	−0.047 (0.015)	0.001	−0.058 (0.014)	<0.0001	−0.048 (0.015)	0.003	−0.048 (0.016)	0.004	−0.049 (0.015)	0.002	−0.049 (0.015)	0.001

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.