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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association between telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes and risk of ischemic stroke in a Han Chinese population: a linear and non-linear Mendelian randomization analysis

Parameters

Controls (n = 304)

Cases (n = 431)

P

Age, years

47 (35, 59)

57 (49, 63)

1.736 × 10–19*

Gender, n (%)

  

2.404 × 10–4*

 Male

130 (42.80)

244 (56.60)

 

 Female

174 (57.20)

187 (43.40)

 

Smoke, cigarettes/day, (%)

  

1.227 × 10–17*

 No

253 (83.20)

248 (57.50)

 

 1–10

29 (9.50)

41 (9.50)

 

 > 11

22 (7.20)

142 (32.90)

 

Drink, (%)

  

8.893 × 10–5*

 No

221 (72.70)

252 (58.50)

 

 Yes

83 (27.30)

179 (41.50)

 

TL, kb

6.74 (5.18, 8.43)

6.44 (4.88, 8.93)

0.144

Height, cm

165.0 (159.0, 172.0)

167.0 (160.0, 172.0)

0.324

Weight, kg

66.95 (57.10, 77.58)

70.00 (63.00, 77.80)

0.003*

BMI, kg/m2

24.31 (22.08, 27.16)

25.27 (23.07, 27.39)

0.003*

SBP, mmHg

124 (113, 136)

138 (125, 150)

1.087 × 10–16*

DBP, mmHg

79 (72, 88)

82 (76, 91)

9.324 × 10–7*

FPG, mmol/L

5.00 (4.70, 5.50)

5.17 (4.61, 6.00)

0.053

TG, mmol/L

1.26 (0.86, 1.80)

1.34 (1.00, 1.87)

0.017*

TC, mmol/L

4.50 (3.99, 5.05)

4.22 (3.47, 4.99)

2.451 × 10–4*

HDL‐C, mmol/L

1.19 (1.01, 1.38)

1.08 (0.91, 1.24)

5.497 × 10–9*

LDL‐C, mmol/L

2.53 (2.12, 2.92)

2.46 (1.92, 3.00)

0.232

ApoA1, g/L

1.26 (1.14, 1.36)

1.19 (1.07, 1.29)

1.727 × 10–9*

ApoB, g/L

0.98 (0.85, 1.19)

0.93 (0.73, 1.11)

1.845 × 10–4*

ApoB/ApoA1 ratio

0.79 (0.66, 1.01)

0.77 (0.61, 0.96)

0.198

  1. TL telomere length, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HDL‐C high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL‐C low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, ApoA1 apolipoprotein A1, ApoB apolipoprotein B
  2. P < 0.05 is statistically significant