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Table 2 Odds ratios (95 % confidence intervals) of diabetes associated with quartile of leukocyte telomere lengtha, 1999–2002

From: Leukocyte telomere length and diabetes status, duration, and control: the 1999–2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

 

LTL

LTL

LTL

LTL

 

<0.87

0.87–1.01

1.02–1.19

≥1.20

p-trend

Unadjusted

2.09 (1.46–2.98)

1.74 (1.30–2.31)

1.08 (0.76–1.54)

1.00

<0.01

Age, race-ethnicity, and sex adjusted

0.89 (0.63–1.26)

1.08 (0.80–1.47)

0.86 (0.62–1.19)

1.00

0.73

Multivariable adjustedb

0.74 (0.48–1.14)

0.91 (0.61–1.34)

0.87 (0.59–1.29)

1.00

0.20

  1. LTL leukocyte telomere length
  2. aTelomere length was measured relative to standard reference DNA and presented as a ratio (T/S ratio)
  3. bMultivariable model adjusted for age, race-ethnicity, sex, education, income, smoking, pack years smoked, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and C-reactive protein