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Table 4 Maternal nutrition and leukocyte telomere length (n=297)

From: Association between micronutrients and maternal leukocyte telomere length in early pregnancy in Rwanda

 

Descriptive

Simple Linear regression

Total N (%) or mean ±SD)

Leukocyte telomere length mean ±SD (T/S)

β

CI

P

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

11.23 ± 1.13

1.16 ±0.22

0.04

[-0.01; 0.03]

0.47

Anemia (<11 g/dl)

 No

205 (69.0)

1.15 ± 0.21

Ref

  

 Yes

92 (31.0)

1.19 ± 0.24

0.07

[-02;0.09]

0.21

STFR (mg/L) (Soluble Transferrin Receptors)

4.81 ± 1.49

1.16 ±0.22

-0.13

[-0.03; -0.01]

0.02*

STFR (mg/L) Deficiency

 No deficiency (≤8.3 mg/L)

287 (96.6)

1.17 ± 0.22

Ref

  

 Deficiency (>8.3 mg/L)

10 (3.4)

1.04 ± 0.18

-0.10

[-0.26; 0.17]

0.08

Retinol Binding Protein (RBP) (μmol/L)

1.38 ± 0.40

1.16 ± 0.22

-2.19

[-0.13; -0.01]

0.03*

RBP(μmol/L) Deficiency

 No deficiency (≥0.83 μmol/L)

239 (80.5)

1.17 ± 0.18

Ref

  

 Deficiency (< 0.83 μmol/L)

58 (19.5)

1.16 ± 0.23

0.03

[-0.05; 0.08]

0.66

Ferritin (μg/L)

73.52

1.16 ± 0.22

-0.09

[-0.01; 0.03]

0.12

Ferritin  Deficiency (<12 μg/L)

 No Deficiency (<12 μg/L)

240 (80.8)

1.16 ± 0.22

Ref

  

 Deficiency (≥12 μg/L)

58 (19.2)

1.17 ± 0.23

-0.01

[-0.07; 0.06]

0.84

Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDDW)

4.61 ± 1.68

1.16 ± 0.22

-0.03

[-0.06; 0.3]

0.56

MDDW Deficiency

 Adequate MDDW

145 (48.8)

1.15 ± 0.22

Ref

  

 Low MDDW

152 (51.2)

1.17 ± 0.23

-0.03

[-0.07; 0.04]

0.50

Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) d(cm)(Mean +/-SD)

25.72 ± 3.06

1.16 ± 0.23

-0.09

[-0.02; 0.002]

0.30

MUAC Indication of Malnutrition

 ≥23 cm

236 (79.5)

1.16 ± 0.23

Ref

  

 <23 cm

58 (19.5)

1.18 ± 0.22

-0.04

[-0.09; 0.04]

0.45

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. na Sample size reduced by missing responses among covariates