Table 4 Associations between leucocyte telomere length and stroke in the second case/control study of Southern Chinese population.

From: The association of telomere attrition with first-onset stroke in Southern Chinese: a case-control study and meta-analysis

Variables*

Highest tertile

Middle tertile

Lowest tertile

P trend

Per 1-S.D. decrease in Ln-transformed telomere length

P

Controls (n = 875)

292

292

291

   

Total cases (n = 773)

209

306

258

   

 ORs (95% CI)

1.00

1.15 (0.86–1.54)

0.85 (0.63–1.15)

0.27

0.92 (0.83–1.03)

0.13

Atherothrombotic stroke (n = 329)

78

130

121

   

 ORs (95% CI)

1.00

1.38 (0.93–2.04)

1.52 (1.08–2.14)

0.01

1.11 (1.00–1.23)

0.05

Lacunar infarction (n = 222)

71

90

61

   

 ORs (95% CI)

1.00

1.10 (0.73–1.64)

0.60 (0.39–0.93)

0.02

0.79 (0.68–0.92)

0.003

Hemorrhagic stroke (n = 222)

60

86

76

   

 ORs (95% CI)

1.00

1.15 (0.72–1.84)

0.84 (0.52–1.36)

0.45

0.97 (0.83–1.14)

0.72

  1. *OR (95% CI) was obtained with multivariate logistic regression analysis after adjusting age, gender, BMI, and conventional vascular factors as mentioned in Table 2.
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