Table 1 Estimates of the effect of genetically influenced longer telomere length on nine blood-cell traits.

RBC (172,952)

2.4E−04*

1.9E−03

3.2E−02

0.11 (0.00, 0.23)

1.1E−01

SNPs = 7

I² = 86

WBC (172,435)

4.2E−03*

7.5E−03

7.5E−02

0.12 (0.01, 0.23)

2.8E−02

SNPs = 8

I² = 87

Ret. (170,641)

3.3E−02

1.2E−01

2.7E−01

− 0.04 (− 0.15, 0.06)

4.6E−01

SNPs = 9

I² = 87

MCH (172,332)

7.5E−06*

7.1E−03

1.9E−02

− 0.17 (− 0.29, − 0.05)

4.6E−02

SNPs = 6

I² = 89

MCV(172,433)

7.1E−07*

4.2E−05

6.7E−03

− 0.15 (− 0.27, − 0.03)

7.4E−02

SNPs = 6

I² = 89

MCHC (172,851)

4.1E−01

9.0E−01

7.3E−01

− 0.05(− 0.15, 0.05)

3.6E−01

SNPS = 8

I² = 87

RDW(171,529)

3.5E−01

6.6E−01

6.1E−01

0.05 (− 0.06, 0.17)

4.1E−01

SNPs = 10

I² = 84

Hct (173,039)

2.2E−01

6.4E−01

6.6E−01

0.02 (− 0.10, 0.13)

8.0E−01

SNPs = 7

I² = 86

Hgb (172,925)

8.3E−02

1.0E−01

2.6E−01

0.01 (− 0.11, 0.12)

8.9E−01

SNPs = 8

I² = 85