Systematic and Cell Type-Specific Telomere Length Changes in Subsets of Lymphocytes
Table 6
Comparison of telomere length change in different cell types (adjusted values).
Comparison
(unadjusted)
(RTM-adjusted)
B versus CD8+CD28−
0.6201
0.5998
B versus CD8+CD28+
0.0034
0.0008
B versus CD4+
0.0085
0.0038
B versus PBMC
0.013
0.0042
CD8+CD28− versus CD8+CD28+
0.0068
0.0013
CD8+CD28− versus CD4+
0.0251
0.0185
CD8+CD28− versus PBMC
0.048
0.0299
CD8+CD28+ versus CD4+
0.2986
0.2264
CD8+CD28+ versus PBMC
0.7834
0.7297
CD4+ versus PBMC
0.6568
0.6133
T/S ratio changes from baseline to 18 months were natural log-transformed and paired samples tests were performed. False discovery rate adjusted value of <0.005 is considered significant.
