Association between the Oxidative Balance Score and Telomere Length from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002
Table 4
Beta estimates for the association between the OBS and log-transformed leukocyte telomere (T/S ratio) in each gendera.
OBS
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
trend
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Males
Model 1
Ref
-0.0137 (-0.0565–0.0811)
-0.0214 (-0.0686–0.0258)
-0.0104 (-0.0683–0.0258)
0.62
-0.0003 (-0.0026–0.0018)
Model 2
Ref
-0.0079 (-0.0472–0.0314)
-0.0073 (-0.0525–0.0379)
-0.0100 (-0.0559–0.0379)
0.69
-0.0003 (-0.0025–0.0019)
Model 3
Ref
-0.0042 (-0.0444–0.0359)
-0.0009 (-0.0428–0.0409)
-0.0004 (-0.0493–0.0485)
0.97
-0.0003 (-0.0018–0.0025)
Model 4
Ref
-0.0045 (-0.0438–0.0348)
-0.0022 (-0.0431–0.0387)
-0.0043 (-0.0522–0.0434)
0.89
0.0001 (-0.0020–0.0023)
Females
Model 1
Ref
0.0342 (-0.0140–0.0824)
0.0239 (-0.0140–0.0824)
0.0589 (0.0147–0.1031)
0.02
0.0030 (0.0008–0.0052)
Model 2
Ref
0.0455 (-0.0004–0.0913)
0.0366 (-0.0059–0.0792)
0.0703 (0.0285–0.1121)
<0.01
0.0037 (0.0015–0.0058)
Model 3
Ref
0.0457 (-0.0046–0.0961)
0.0371 (-0.0102–0.0844)
0.0709 (0.0205–0.1214)
0.01
0.0040 (0.0014–0.0066)
Model 4
Ref
0.0448 (-0.0046–0.0941)
0.0369 (-0.0103–0.0842)
0.0701 (0.0205–0.1197)
<0.01
0.0039 (0.0014–0.0065)
aData are expressed as the beta estimates and its 95% confidence intervals. Model 1 was a crude model. Model 2 further adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, poverty index. Model 3 further adjusted for dietary energy intake. Model 4 additionally adjusted for CRP.
