Influence of In Utero Maternal and Neonate Factors on Cord Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length: Clues to the Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer?

Table 2

Geometric mean relative telomere length in umbilical cord blood leukocytes by maternal and neonate factors, overall and by race, males in the hormones in umbilical cord blood study.

	Geometric mean (95% CI)
	Unadjusted	Adjusted for race	Black	White
Maternal factors
Age (years)
≤19	2.60 (2.21–3.05)	2.58 (2.19–3.05)	2.70 (2.26–3.23)	2.35 (1.67–3.30)
20–25	2.72 (2.29–3.22)	2.70 (2.26–3.22)	2.73 (2.27–3.29)	2.67 (1.83–3.90)
26–31	3.01 (2.59–3.49)	3.03 (2.59–3.53)	3.23 (2.48–4.20)	2.93 (2.41–3.56)
≥32	2.58 (2.23–3.00)	2.59 (2.23–3.02)	2.37 (1.86–3.03)	2.70 (2.20–3.30)
Relative change per year	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.01
-trend	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.6
Parity
0	2.65 (2.38–2.96)	2.65 (2.37–2.96)	2.61 (2.20–3.11)	2.68 (2.30–3.11)
1	2.96 (2.52–3.48)	2.96 (2.52–3.48)	2.77 (2.24–3.42)	3.22 (2.48–4.18)
2	2.82 (2.27–3.50)	2.82 (2.27–3.51)	2.99 (2.28–3.93)	2.58 (1.78–3.73)
≥3	2.52 (2.00–3.16)	2.52 (2.00–3.19)	2.67 (2.07–3.44)	2.05 (1.21–3.46)
Relative change per birth	0.99	0.99	1.00	0.98
-trend	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.7
Neonate factors
Birth weight (g)
≤3025	2.68 (2.30–3.14)	2.67 (2.28–3.13)	2.76 (2.29–3.32)	2.56 (1.96–3.35)
3026–3373	2.52 (2.16–2.95)	2.51 (2.14–2.95)	2.58 (2.16–3.09)	2.40 (1.80–3.21)
3374–3634	3.01 (2.58–3.52)	3.02 (2.58–3.54)	2.49 (1.95–3.18)	3.36 (2.74–4.13)
≥3635	2.71 (2.32–3.17)	2.73 (2.32–3.20)	3.29 (2.53–4.29)	2.48 (2.04–3.02)
Relative change per SD (399.99)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
-trend	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9
Placental weight (g)
≤585	2.48 (2.12–2.90)	2.48 (2.12–2.90)	2.52 (2.06–3.09)	2.42 (1.85–3.16)
586–659	2.90 (2.48–3.40)	2.90 (2.48–3.40)	2.76 (2.23–3.41)	3.07 (2.39–3.95)
660–760	2.77 (2.37–3.24)	2.77 (2.37–3.25)	2.84 (2.33–3.48)	2.67 (2.05–3.49)
≥761	2.77 (2.37–3.24)	2.77 (2.36–3.25)	2.81 (2.14–3.69)	2.75 (2.23–3.39)
Relative change per SD (138.01)	1.02	1.02	1.06	1.00
-trend	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.0