Influence of diet on leukocyte telomere length, markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in individuals with varied glucose tolerance: a Chinese population study

Table 3 Correlation of age-adjusted telomere length with metabolic risk factors

Parameters	Telomere length
	r value	p value
Body mass index (BMI)	−0.004	0.930
Waist circumference (WC)	−0.019	0.672
Hip circumference (HC)	−0.007	0.878
Systolic blood pressure	0.025	0.585
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.018	0.693
HbA1c	−0.139	0.002**
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)	−0.080	0.077
Postprandial plasma glucose (PG) 30′	−0.186	0.000**
PG 60′	−0.162	0.000**
PG 120′	−0.155	0.001**
Ln (Insulin 0′)	−0.022	0.629
Ln (Insulin 30′)	0.065	0.154
Ln (Insulin 60′)	0.012	0.792
Ln (Insulin 120′)	−0.042	0.357
Ln (C peptide 0′)	−0.025	0.586
Ln (C peptide 30′)	0.040	0.384
Ln (C peptide 60′)	−0.015	0.743
Ln (C peptide 120′)	−0.059	0.192
Ln HOMA-IR	−0.051	0.265
Sqrt HOMA-β	0.003	0.954
Sqrt DI 30	0.139	0.002**
Sqrt DI 120	0.108	0.018*
TC	0.002	0.968
Log (TG)	0.021	0.646
Log (HDL-C)	−0.050	0.273
LDL-C	0.032	0.475
Daily energy intake, kcal	−0.003	0.946
Daily protein intake, g	−0.006	0.910
Daily fat intake, g	−0.044	0.391
Daily carbohydrate intake, g	−0.019	0.704
Protein % of energy intake	−0.023	0.622
Fat % of energy intake,%	0.047	0.326
Carbohydrate % of energy intake	−0.022	0.628
Daily cereal and cereal production intake, g	−0.037	0.465
Daily tuber crop intake, g	−0.025	0.627
Daily legumes product intake, g	0.297	0.000**
Daily meat intake, g	−0.007	0.922
Daily dairy products intake, g	0.228	0.152
Seeds or nuts,g	0.270	0.000**
Vegetables, g	0.058	0.311
Fruits, g/day	−0.088	0.255
Fish and other seafood, g/day	0.343	0.000**
Seaweed, g/day	0.251	0.006**
Sweetened carbonated beverage, ml/day	−0.268	0.000**

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