Table 1 Baseline population and biochemical characteristics.

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

Variable

Women (N = 1291)

Men (N = 1218)

Sign. Diff.

Subject characteristics (see also 25 and 27 )

Age (years)

45.9 (6.0)

46.1 (5.9)

P = 0.32

Weight (kg)

66.7 (12.7)

82.0 (12.4)

P < 0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

25.1 (4.6)

26.5 (3.7)

P < 0.001

Obesity (individuals, %)

175 (13.6%)

211 (17.3%)

P = 0.009

Telomere length (kbp)

7.96 (0.73)

7.78 (0.71)

P < 0.001

Paternal age at birth offspring (years)

31.5 (6.5)

31.8 (6.7)

P = 0.39

Physical activity (METs)

0 [0–4.6]

0 [0–14.2]

P < 0.001

Biochemical marker concentrations (see also 25 )

OxLDL (U/L)

92 (38)

101 (39)

P < 0.001

hs-CRP (mg/L)

1.42 [0.62–3.42]

1.05 [0.56–2.04]

P < 0.001

IL-6 (pg/mL)

0.75 [0.00–1.50]

0.79 [0.00–1.60]

P = 0.29

Fibrinogen (mg/dL)

336 (65)

314 (59)

P < 0.001

Serum uric acid (mg/dL)

4.32 (1.05)

6.06 (1.27)

P < 0.001

  1. Data indicate mean (standard deviation), median [interquartile range] or frequency (percentage), and significance of difference as respectively tested by Student t-test (or Welch’s t-test, if Levene’s test for homoscedasticity yielded P < 0.05), Wilcoxon rank sum test and Fisher’s Exact Test.
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