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Table 2 Crude and multi-variable (age-sex-race-education-marital status-BMI-Smoking-CRP) association between telomere length and serum antioxidant

From: Serum lipophilic antioxidants levels are associated with leucocyte telomere length among US adults

Variables

Crude model

Multivariable model

β

95% CI

β

p-value

α-carotene(umol/L)

0.021

(− 0.019,0.113)

0.058

(0.246, 0.807)

trans-β-carotene(umol/L)

−0.026

(− 0.037,0.003)

0.060

(0.081,0.251)

cis- β -carotene(umol/L)

−0.026

(−0.663, 0.051)

0.061

(1.52,4.59)

β -cryptoxanthin(umol/L)

0.041

(0.016,0.108)

0.049

(0.112,0.501)

g-tocopherol(umol/L)

−0.047

(−0.006,-0.001)

− 0.016

(− 0.062,0.126)

Combined Lutein/zeaxanthin(umol/L)

− 0.023

(− 0.082, 0.010)

0.400

(0.062,0.495)

trans-lycopene(umol/L)

0.142

(0.132, 0.203)

0.017

(−0.066,0.238)

Retinyl palmitate(umol/L)

−0.002

(−0.087,0.074)

0.015

(−0.178,0.498)

Retinyl stearate(umol/L)

−0.052

(−0.714, − 0.187)

0.004

(− 0.959,1.261)

Retinol(umol/L)

− 0.035

(− 0.062,0.040)

0.006

(− 0.039,0.058)

α -tocopherol(umol/L)

− 0.050

(− 0.516,0.0129)

0.008

(− 0.002,0.003)

  1. Linear regression, adjusted for age-sex-race-education-marital status-BMI-Smoking-CRP