a negative trendp=0.055
The combined effect of TERT (rs72709458, rs2736100, rs2853676), TERC (rs10936600) and OBFC1 (rs1265164) had a negative trend with telomere length (p=0.055; linear model 95% CI −408.5 – 4.7 per one risk allele; see Appendix 1—figure 13 ).