Table 4 Linear regression models (coefficients and standard errors) for the associations of Log10 telomere length with cardio-metabolic variables.

From: Cardiometabolic profile and leukocyte telomere length in a Black South African population

Variable

Age (years)

Gender (Sex = reference)

BMI (kg/m2)

Log10TL

R-squared univariate

R-squared with confounders

SBP

0.663 (0.059)***

 − 11.29 (1.935)***

0.337 (0.105)**

5.502 (3.455)

0.004

0.207

DBP

0.23 (0.037)***

 − 3.751 (1.201)**

0.358 (0.065)***

2.34 (2.144)

0.002

0.109

TC

0.024 (0.003)***

0.009 (0.102)

0.009 (0.006)

 − 0.032 (0.182)

0.000

0.089

TG

0.014 (0.002)***

 − 0.298 (0.074)***

0.016 (0.004)***

0.001 (0.132)

0.000

0.095

HDL-C

0.005 (0.001)***

 − 0.012 (0.039)

 − 0.011 (0.002)***

0.028 (0.041) *

0.002

0.082

LDL-C

0.018 (0.003)***

0.102 (0.08)

0.015 (0.005)**

 − 0.13 (0.152)

0.001

0.107

Non HDL-C

0.012 (0.003)***

0.062 (0.09)

0.018 (0.005)***

 − 0.13 (0.16)

0.001

0.116

  1. Legend: SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, BMI body mass index, TL telomere length, *** = p < 0.001, * = p < 0.05.
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