Table 5 Logistic regression models (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals) for the associations of Log10 telomere length with cardio-metabolic conditions.

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

Variable

Age (years)

Gender (female = reference

Body mass index (kg/m2)

Log10TL

c-statistics

Obesity (BMI)

1.02 (1.01–1.04)**

0.07 (0.04–0.11)***

–

1.05 (0.47–2.33)

0.54

Hypertension

0.97 (0.95–0.98)***

0.67 (0.42–1.06)

0.97 (0.94–0.99)**

0.63 (0.28–1.43)

0.52

Diabetes

0.95 (0.93–0.97)***

0.72 (0.39–1.36)

0.95 (0.92–0.98)**

0.57 (0.20–1.67)

0.50

High TC > 5.0 mmol/L

0.96 (0.95–0.97)***

1.05 (0.66–1.66)

0.99 (0.97–1.02)

1.34 (0.59–3.02)

0.46

High TG > 1.5 mmol/L

0.96 (0.94–0.97)***

0.33 (0.19–0.58)***

0.96 (0.94–0.99)*

1.09 (0.42–2.88)

0.58

Low HDL-C < 1.2 mmol/L

1.02 (1.01–1.03)**

0.99 (0.66–1.48)

0.95 (0.93–0.97)***

1.16 (0.56–2.40)

0.60

High LDL-C > 3.0 mmol/L

1.04 (1.02–1.05)***

1.22 (0.82–1.83)

1.03 (1.00–1.05)*

0.41 (0.20–0.84)*

0.62

High Non-HDL-C > 3.37 mmol/L

0.96 (0.95–0.98)***

1.10 (0.73–1.65)

0.97 (0.95–0.99)*

1.65 (0.80–3.41)

0.56

  1. Legend: BMI body mass index, 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, TL telomere length, *** = p < 0.001, * = p < 0.05.
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