Table 1 Log transformed relative telomere length across participants who consented and provided a saliva sample, partitioned by child ethnicity and sex.

From: Telomere length in early childhood is associated with sex and ethnicity

Ethnicity

Sex

Number of samples

Mean

Standard error

All

Male

2296

0.285

0.0067

Female

2088

0.328

0.0065

European

Male

984

0.251

0.0099

Female

909

0.289

0.0099

Māori

Male

587

0.275

0.0135

Female

525

0.316

0.0127

Pacific People

Male

320

0.403

0.0177

Female

296

0.431

0.0167

Asian

Male

300

0.307

0.0173

Female

268

0.362

0.0176

Other

Male

105

0.242

0.0325

Female

90

0.353

0.0301