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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of analyzed sample

From: Low blood levels of selenium, selenoprotein P and GPx3 are associated with accelerated biological aging: results from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II)

Variables

Mean (SD), n (%)

Min

Max

n

Age (years)

68.79 (3.73)

60.16

84.63

1568

Sex (women)

799 (51.0)

  

1568

BMI (kg/m2)

26.83 (4.19)

17.03

47.68

1534

Smoking (packyears)

10.51 (17.75)

0.00

148.00

1511

Serum Selenium (μg/L)

89.65 (17.38)

45.20

134.60

1357

Selenium deficiency (< 90 µg/L)

656 (48.3)

  

1357

SELENOP (mg/L)

3.72 (0.83)

1.26

5.86

1324

GPx3 (intensity)

12.52 (0.27)

11.33

13.11

1209

7-CpG DNAmAA (years)

0.00 (6.97)

− 22.93

26.61

1305

Horvath DNAmAA (years)

0.04 (4.27)

− 14.71

17.90

853

Hannum DNAmAA (years)

− 0.04 (3.48)

− 10.90

19.15

853

PhenoAge DNAmAA (years)

0.03 (4.61)

− 16.88

14.28

853

GrimAge DNAmAA (years)

0.01 (3.08)

− 8.52

10.20

853

DunedinPACE (biol./chron.)

1.01 (0.11)

0.58

1.42

959