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. 2021 Oct 1;38(11):3027–3038. doi: 10.1007/s10815-021-02326-7

Table 2.

Description of relative telomere length and epigenetic age according to ovarian reserve status

	Chronological age		Relative telomere length		DNAm age
	Mean (± SD)	Min/max	Mean (± SD)	Min/max	Predicted age		AgeAccel^a
	Mean (± SD)	Min/max	Mean (± SD)	Min/max	Mean (± SD)	Min/max	Mean (± SD)	Min/max
EOA	32.8 (3.4)	23/37	0.46 (0.14) ^b	0.20/0.75	31.8 (4.4)	17.8/42.5	− 1.02 (2.62)^c	− 6.38/5.97
NOA	29.3 (3.9)	22/37	0.47 (0.12)	0.23/0.87	27.8 (5.4)	15.2/37.9	− 1.57 (2.56)	− 6.83/4.81

EOA early ovarian aging, NOA normal ovarian aging

^aPredicted age—chronological age

^bp = 0.64 compared to NOA, Student’s t test

^cp = 0.27, Student’s t test