Table 2 Predicting adult survival based on relative telomere length (RTL) of adult boobies and their mates using a logistic regression.

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

 

Estimate

Std. Error

z value

p value

(Intercept)

2.45

0.515

475

 < 0.0001

Age

 − 0.0507

0.0443

 − 1.14

0.252

RTL

0.052

0.023

2.20

0.0280

Sex (male)

 − 0.568

0.437

 − 1.30

0.193

Mate’s RTL

 − 0.0597

0.0212

 − 2.82

0.00488

  1. Age included as a known influencer of survival. RTL variables are z-transformed. Residual deviance: 143.19 on 165 df.
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