Association between the Oxidative Balance Score and Telomere Length from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002

Table 5

Beta estimates for associations between the dietary/lifestyle OBS and log-transformed leukocyte telomere (T/S ratio)^a.

OBS	Male	Female
Dietary OBS
Model 1	-0.0006 (-0.0031–0.0019)	0.0026 (0.0006–0.0047)
Model 2	-0.0005 (-0.0030–0.0019)	0.0032 (0.0011–0.0054)
Model 3	0.0001 (-0.0025–0.0027)	0.0034 (0.0009–0.0059)
Model 4	-0.0000 (-0.0026–0.0025)	0.0034 (0.0009–0.0059)
Lifestyle OBS
Model 1	0.0037 (-0.0063–0.0137)	0.0131 (-0.0017–0.0279)
Model 2	0.0032 (-0.0054–0.0118)	0.0143 (0.0027–0.0259)
Model 3	0.0030 (-0.0056–0.0116)	0.0151 (0.0034–0.0268)
Model 4	0.0018 (-0.0068–0.0104)	0.0147 (0.0032–0.0263)

^aData were expressed as the beta estimates and its 95% confidence intervals. Model 1 was a crude model, including OBS. Model 2 further adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, and poverty index. Model 3 further adjusted for dietary energy intake. Model 4 additionally adjusted for CRP.