Table 4:
Association between Telomere Length, Race, and SES under Various Analytical Models
| No Latent SES Class Estimates | Latent SES Class Estimates from Maximum-Probability Assignment | Latent SES Class Estimates Pooled over 1,000 Pseudo-Datasets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (95% C.I.) |
p-Value | Estimate (95% C.I.) |
p-Value | Estimate (95% C.I.) |
p-Value | ||
| Intercept | − 0.2568 (− 0.6367, 0.1231) |
0.1956 | − 0.2676 (− 0.6475, 0.1123) |
0.1780 | − 0.2661 (− 0.6468, 0.1146) |
0.1707 | |
| Black | 0.0400 (0.0112, 0.0687) |
0.0107 | 0.0566 (0.0010, 0.1032) |
0.0241 | 0.0527 (0.0058, 0.0996) |
0.0276 | |
| Female | 0.0030 (− 0.0151, 0.0212) |
0.7454 | 0.0032 (− 0.0145, 0.0208) |
0.7283 | 0.0030 (− 0.0147, 0.0207) |
0.7410 | |
| Basophils (%) | 0.0278 (0.0011, 0.0545) |
0.0503 | 0.0274 (0.0008, 0.0541) |
0.0529 | 0.0275 (0.0009, 0.0540) |
0.0424 | |
| Lymphocyte (%) | 0.0029 (− 0.0010, 0.0067) |
0.1549 | 0.0028 (− 0.0010, 0.0067) |
0.1614 | 0.0029 (− 0.0010, 0.0067) |
0.1463 | |
| Monocyte (%) | − 0.0004 (−0.0060, 0.0051) |
0.8788 | − 0.0004 (− 0.0061, 0.0053) |
0.8930 | − 0.0004 (− 0.0060, 0.0053) |
0.8968 | |
| Segmented Neutrophils (%) | 0.0034 (− 0.0005, 0.0073) |
0.0940 | 0.0034 (− 0.0005, 0.0073) |
0.1018 | 0.0034 (− 0.0005, 0.0073) |
0.0859 | |
| White Blood Cell Count (SI) | − 0.0080 (− 0.0140, – 0.0020) |
0.0138 | − 0.0075 (− 0.0132, – 0.0018) |
0.0160 | − 0.0075 (− 0.0132, – 0.0019) |
0.0091 | |
| Age, Centered (10 yrs.) | − 0.0603 (− 0.0673, – 0.0533) |
< 0.0001 | − 0.0614 (− 0.0687, – 0.0541) |
< 0.0001 | − 0.0614 (− 0.0686, – 0.0541) |
< 0.0001 | |
| “Higher SES” vs. “Lower SES” | - | - | - | 0.0180 (− 0.0168, 0.0529) |
0.3193 | 0.0143 (− 0.0231, 0.0517) |
0.4531 |
| “Middle SES” vs. “Lower SES” | - | - | - | 0.0101 (− 0.0264, 0.0466) |
0.5919 | 0.0040 (− 0.0317, 0.0396) |
0.8275 |
| Black x “Higher SES” | - | - | - | − 0.0284 (− 0.0899, 0.0331) |
0.3724 | − 0.0294 (− 0.0907, 0.0319) |
0.3470 |
| Black x “Middle SES” | - | - | - | − 0.0180 (− 0.0694, 0.0333) |
0.4967 | − 0.0113 (− 0.0653, 0.0428) |
0.6830 |