Table 4 Associations between LTL (bp) and food items.

From: Leukocyte telomere length and diet in the apparently healthy, middle-aged Asklepios population

Variable

Women

Men

Total

Sweetened or alcoholic beverages

−0.04 (P = 0.50)

−0.04 (P = 0.4)

−0.04 (P = 0.28)

Non-sweetened beverages

0.00 (P = 0.95)

−0.02 (P = 0.58)

−0.01 (P = 0.68)

Whole milk or sweetened milk products

0.24 (P = 0.14)

0.08 (P = 0.57)

0.16 (P = 0.14)

(Semi-)skimmed unsweetened milk products

−0.12 (P = 0.26)

0.07 (P = 0.56)

−0.04 (P = 0.64)

Fruits

0.14 (P = 0.41)

−0.02 (P = 0.89)

0.07 (P = 0.58)

Sweet and salty biscuits

1.30 (P = 0.020)

0.63 (P = 0.27)

0.97 (P = 0.015)

Breakfast cereals

−0.05 (P = 0.97)

−0.34 (P = 0.85)

−0.16 (P = 0.89)

Whole wheat bread

−0.08 (P = 0.78)

0.69 (P = 0.002)

0.41 (P = 0.022)

White bread

0.46 (P = 0.13)

−0.38 (P = 0.090)

−0.08 (P = 0.65)

Low-fat butter/margarine

0.98 (P = 0.87)

0.29 (P = 0.95)

0.42 (P = 0.91)

Whole fat butter/margarine

10.17 (P = 0.16)

4.44 (P = 0.48)

6.98 (P = 0.14)

Sea food salad or fish products

1.81 (P = 0.37)

−2.21 (P = 0.23)

−0.23 (P = 0.86)

Meat salad or products

2.34 (P = 0.004)

0.18 (P = 0.79)

1.10 (P = 0.033)

Cheese

−0.46 (P = 0.51)

1.90 (P = 0.017)

0.51 (P = 0.33)

Sweet spreads

1.14 (P = 0.28)

0.09 (P = 0.93)

0.58 (P = 0.43)

Eggs

2.46 (P = 0.31)

−1.32 (P = 0.47)

0.08 (P = 0.96)

Fish/seafood

−0.51 (P = 0.72)

1.74 (P = 0.22)

0.56 (P = 0.58)

Meat substitution products

−1.38 (P = 0.58)

6.73 (P = 0.063)

1.05 (P = 0.60)

Meat/poultry/game

−0.09 (P = 0.84)

−1.06 (P = 0.009)

−0.57 (P = 0.052)

Whole wheat paste/whole grain rice

−0.54 (P = 0.82)

1.15 (P = 0.58)

0.37 (P = 0.81)

White pasta or rice

−0.15 (P = 0.95)

−2.07 (P = 0.35)

−1.11 (P = 0.51)

Deep fried potato products

−1.58 (P = 0.045)

−1.51 (P = 0.011)

−1.51 (P = 0.002)

Portion size

−0.53 (P = 0.032)

−0.16 (P = 0.51)

−0.35 (P = 0.042)

Intake frequency

−326 (P = 0.115)

−392 (P = 0.026)

−355 (P = 0.008)

Potatoes (non-deep fried)

−0.37 (P = 0.073)

0.02 (P = 0.89)

−0.16 (P = 0.25)

Vegetables

−0.26 (P = 0.30)

0.04 (P = 0.87)

−0.12 (P = 0.51)

Sauces

0.81 (P = 0.76)

−0.08 (P = 0.97)

0.37 (P = 0.82)

  1. Data indicate beta-coefficient (P-value) for the continuous variable under study in a GLM adjusting for age and paternal age at birth in the female or male population, and additionally for sex in the full population, with LTL as dependent variable. Beta-coefficients are expressed in bp/(g/day) or bp/(mL/day) for average daily intake variables (as listed in Table 2), and in bp/g and bp/(1/day) for average deep fried potato portion size and intake frequency respectively.
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