Table 2.

Gamma-glutamyl transferase and telomere length in association with risk markers of cardiometabolic syndrome.

	Change	95% CI	P-value
Gamma-glutamyl transferase log (twofold change)
Glucose, mmol/l	0.10	0.01 to 0.18	0.03
Waist circumference, cm	5.52	4.0 to 7.1	< 0.0001
Triglycerides, mmol/l	11.11	2.6 to 19.6	0.01
HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	− 4.91	− 8.7 to − 1.1	0.01
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	5.03	2.2 to 7.8	0.0008
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	2.37	0.25 to 4.5	0.03
Telomere length (twofold change)
Glucose, mmol/l	− 0.13	− 0.25 to − 0.003	0.05
Waist circumference, cm	− 0.76	− 3.2 to 1.7	0.54
Triglycerides, mmol/l	3.47	− 9.7 to 16.6	0.61
HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	1.88	− 3.5to 7.3	0.49
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	− 3.49	− 7.7 to 0.7	0.11
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	− 2.08	− 5.2 to 1.0	0.19

Adjusted for age.