Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 1 Percentiles for telomere length (base pairs) and caffeine intake among U.S. women and men

From: Caffeine consumption and telomere length in men and women of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

	Percentile (±SE)
Variable	5th	25^th	50^th	75^th	95^th
Telomere Length (base pairs)
Women (n = 3085)	4937 ± 42	5386 ± 42	5743 ± 40	6178 ± 54	7007 ± 111
Men (n = 2741)	4948 ± 30	5353 ± 31	5735 ± 39	6193 ± 50	7022 ± 82
Combined (n = 5826)	4943 ± 32	5373 ± 33	5738 ± 37	6188 ± 49	7014 ± 85
Caffeine Intake (mg per day)
Women (n = 3085)	0 ± 0.4	13 ± 7	109 ± 9	231 ± 11	555 ± 24
Men (n = 2741)	0 ± 0.6	47 ± 9	145 ± 11	302 ± 14	685 ± 30
Combined (n = 5826)	0 ± 0.4	32 ± 9	124 ± 8	262 ± 9	616 ± 30

SE standard error. Table values include person-level weighted adjustments based on the sampling design of NHANES so that values reflect those of the U.S. population

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