Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by telomere length tertile
| Telomere Length Tertile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Short (n=910) | Medium (n=902) | Long (n=922) | p-value* |
| Age (mean, sd) | 73.9 (2.8) | 73.6 (2.9) | 73.4 (2.9) | 0.001 |
| Black (%) | 37.0 | 40.9 | 44.3 | 0.007 |
| Female (%) | 41.0 | 52.0 | 61.6 | <0.001 |
| Education < high school (%) | 25.7 | 27.1 | 21.7 | 0.02 |
| Depression score ≥16 (%) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 0.96 |
| Body mass index (mean, sd) | 27.6 (4.9) | 27.3 (4.9) | 27.5 (4.8) | 0.55 |
| Hypertension (%) | 62.6 | 61.3 | 65.6 | 0.15 |
| Diabetes (%) | 23.9 | 25.3 | 22.8 | 0.44 |
| Myocardial infarct history (%) | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 0.91 |
| Stroke/TIA history (%) | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 0.46 |
| APOE e4 Carrier (%) | 29.8 | 30.4 | 26.6 | 0.16 |
*
P-value by ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square for categorical variables.