Table 1 Telomere length predicted by age and age2 in Blue-footed Boobies.

From: Telomere lengths correlate with fitness but assortative mating by telomeres confers no benefit to fledgling recruitment

 

Value

Std. Error

DF

t-value

p value

(Intercept)

0.832

0.0275

294

30.2

0.0000

Age

 − 0.111

0.0199

294

 − 5.58

0.0000

Age2

0.0312

0.0137

294

2.28

0.0234

Sex (male)

0.00404

0.0269

294

0.150

0.881

DNA quality

0.00130

0.00267

294

0.485

0.628