Relative Telomere Length in Peripheral Blood Cells and Hypertension Risk among Mine Workers: A Case-Control Study in Chinese Coal Miners

Table 3

Multiple regression analysis of age-adjusted RTL.

Characteristics	95% CI			value	Standardized coefficient
	Upper limit	Lower limit
Gender	-0.802	0.025	-1.854	0.191	-0.138
Education	-0.251	0.129	-0.633	0.065	-0.050
Work type	-0.322	0.098	-1.051	0.527	-0.097
Work duration	-0.023	0.132	1.376	0.294	0.098
Workplace	0.065	0.351	2.868	0.170	0.262
BMI	-0.302	-0.009	-2.092	0.005	-0.140
Alcohol consumption	-0.578	-0.056	-2.392	0.038	-0.170
Current smoking	-0.193	0.299	0.423	0.018	0.031
Tea consumption	-0.134	0.347	0.870	0.673	0.061

and the difference is statistically significant. Abbreviations: RTL: relative telomere length; BMI: body mass index.