The relationship between peripheral blood mononuclear cells telomere length and diet - unexpected effect of red meat

Table 3 Relative telomere length (T/S ratio) of study population and compared subgroups

T/S ratio	Mean	SD	Range limits	p value
All	0.79	0.17	0.45–1.20
Sex
M	0.73	0.17	0.45–0.92
				0.28
F	0.81	0.16	0.53–1.20
Smoking status
Smokers	0.77	0.22	0.45–1.08
				0.54
Non-smokers	0.81	0.17	0.61–1.20
Physical activity level
None (resting)	0.71	0.14	0.55–0.89
Low	0.83	0.10	0.71–0.95
Moderate	0.78	0.14	0.54–0.97	0.044^a
Increased	0.74	0.20	0.45–0.92
Intensive	1.09	0.15	0.99–1.20
Education level
Lower (primary and secondary)	0.74	0.17	0.45–0.99
				0.26
Higher	0.82	0.16	0.53–1.20

^aANOVA test was significant, but no particular difference between subgroups in post-hoc HSD test