Table 1 Basic characteristics of study population.

From: Associations of essential trace metals with telomere length in general population: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Overall

30–59 years old

≥ 60 years old

General characteristics 

   

Gender, n (%)

   

 Males

799 (36.4)

351 (33.1)

448 (39.5)

 Females

1395 (63.6)

709 (66.9)

686 (60.5)

Ethnicity

   

 Yao

1637 (74.6)

895 (84.4)

742 (65.4)

 Other

557 (25.4)

165 (15.6)

392 (34.6)

Education, years, n (%)

   

 0 years

350 (16.0)

34 (3.2)

316 (27.9)

 ≤ 6 years

1076 (49.0)

499 (47.1)

577 (50.9)

 > 6 years

768 (35.0)

527 (49.7)

241 (21.3)

Smoking status, n (%)

   

 Yes

399 (18.2)

172 (16.2)

227 (20.0)

 No

1795 (81.8)

888 (83.8)

907 (80.0)

Drinking status, n (%)

   

 Yes

701 (32.0)

302 (28.5)

399 (35.2)

 No

1493 (68.0)

758 (71.5)

735 (64.8)

BMI, kg/m2

   

 < 23

1257 (57.3)

530 (50.0)

727 (64.1)

 23–27.49

769 (35.1)

421 (39.7)

348 (30.7)

 ≥ 27.5

168 (7.7)

109 (10.3)

59 (5.2)

Agricultural physical activity

   

 Yes

1438 (65.5)

816 (77.0)

622 (54.9)

 No

756 (34.5)

244 (23.0)

512 (45.1)

 rTL

0.69 (0.56, 0.90)

0.76 (0.60, 1.00)

0.64 (0.53, 0.81)

 Energy intake

(kcal/day, n = 1591)

1435.74

(1032.52, 1972.66)

1554.48

(1118.51, 2187.82)

1315.91

(967.32, 1748.21)

 Dietary fiber intake

(g, n = 1591)

6.97(4.16,11.72)

8.48(4.89,13.92)

6.01(3.72,9.84)

Plasma metals, (µ g/L)

   

 Cobalt (Co)

0.25 (0.16, 0.5)

0.29 (0.19, 0.52)

0.21 (0.14, 0.43)

 Chromium (Cr)

2.93 (1.88, 4.10)

3.43 (2.49, 4.46)

2.41 (1.63, 3.67)

 Copper (Cu)

913.15

(796.64, 1030.03)

889.51

(783.95, 1003.20)

932.29

(815.66, 1056.16)

 Iron (Fe)

1079.09

(827.42, 1340.30)

1097.20

(827.82, 1365.43)

1068.95

(826.83, 1322.06)

 Manganese (Mn)

2.07 (1.55, 2.95)

2.41 (1.79, 3.24)

1.78 (1.43, 2.69)

 Molybdenum (Mo)

1.60 (1.23, 2.09)

1.50 (1.21, 1.91)

1.71 (1.31, 2.24)

 Selenium (Se)

109.26 (94.38, 123.89)

107.97 (94.56, 122.1)

110.30 (94.24, 126.68)

 Zinc (Zn)

1082.6

(766.97, 4714.95)

1352.95

(812.83, 6968.28)

978.95

(736.15, 1878.04)