Table 3.

Test of the relationship between two measures of telomere change and each of three measured components of lifetime reproductive success in both sexes using 104 breeding house sparrows with multiple telomere measurements.

models	metric of lifetime successa
	longevity (months)b	lifetime eggsc	lifetime offfspringc
raw change per year
female (n = 48)	22.7 ± 38.8	32.1 ± 51.3	28.9 ± 20.8
male (n = 56)	−12.3 ± 21.4	−25.6 ± 28.3	−6.9 ± 11.5
test of interaction	χ2 = 0.9, p = 0.35	χ2 = 1.4, p = 0.24	χ2 = 2.2, p = 0.14
adjusted D per year
female	3.7 ± 10.0	−12.0 ± 13.2	−6.2 ± 5.4
male	3.6 ± 8.0	2.4 ± 10.5	4.5 ± 4.3
test of interaction	χ2 = 0.001, p = 0.97	χ2 = 0.6, p = 0.46	χ2 = 2.1, p = 0.15

^aAll effects sizes are in the natural scale.

^bSignificance from Cox regression (χ²).

^cSignificance from a negative binomial with a log link (χ²).