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Table 1 Association between selected markers and age, smoking, and body mass index

From: Mitochondrial DNA copy number variation, leukocyte telomere length, and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

Marker

Agea

Smokingb

BMIb

Effect (SE)

p value

Effect (SE)

p value

Effect (SE)

p value

Telomere length

− 0.004 (0.001)

1.6 × 10− 5

− 0.002 (0.01)

0.84

− 0.0009 (0.002)

0.90

mtDNA copy number

0.002 (0.002)

0.33

0.04 (0.02)

0.04

0.009 (0.0032)

0.005

mtDNA deletions

0.0004 (0.0008)

0.65

− 0.01 (0.009)

0.10

0.001 (0.0014)

0.32

  1. BMI Body mass index, mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
  2. aThe analyses were adjusted for plate and case-control status
  3. bThe analyses were adjusted for age, plate, and case-control status
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Breast Cancer Research

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