Dietary Magnesium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition in Adults: The Regulatory Role of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α
Table 1
Characteristics and dietary intake of participants by quartiles according to LTL.
Parameters
Overall
Shortest LTL ()
Longer LTL ()
value
aLTL
<0.001
Male (, %)
164 (34.8%)
39 (33.1%)
125 (35.4%)
0.641
Age (years)
0.308
BMI (kg/m2)
0.218
Central obesity (, %)
244 (52.9%)
61 (52.6%)
183 (53.0%)
0.932
Hypertension (, %)
233 (50.2%)
63 (53.8%)
170 (49.0%)
0.364
HbA1c (%)
272 (59.6%)
66 (58.4%)
206 (60.1%)
0.756
LnTG (mmol/L)
0.673
LDL-C (mmol/L)
0.941
HDL-C (mmol/L)
0.37
TNFα (pmol/mL)
<0.001
Energy (kcal/day)
0.225
Protein (% energy)
0.038
Fat (% energy)
0.027
Carbohydrate (% energy)
0.014
bMagnesium (mg/day)
0.003
cMagnesium (mg/day)
0.003
Magnesium (mg/1000 kcal)
0.001
Statistical significance was inferred when the value was less than 0.05. aLTL adjusted according to age and sex and expressed as .bUnadjusted magnesium intake, expressed as .cMagnesium intake adjusted according to energy intake, expressed as ; other continuous variables were expressed as .
