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