Large mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions

Table 1 The best linear mixed effect model showing the relationship between relative telomere length of moose individuals (N = 106), the three considered ecoregions in Sweden, and storage time

Predictor variable	Coefficient	s.e	df	t	p
(intercept)	1.860	0.087	143.641	21.280	< 0.001
Montane	− 0.305	0.089	114.187	− 3.427	< 0.001
Sarmatic	− 0.208	0.086	110.247	− 2.403	0.018
Storage time	− 0.041	0.009	60.801	− 4.349	< 0.001
Random effect (Individual ID)	0.0940, Standard deviation: 0.307
Residuals	0.0350, Standard deviation: 0.187

Variable coefficients are presented along with their standard errors (s.e.), degree of freedom (df), test statistics (t), and p-value (p). Reference level is the ‘boreal’ ecoregion
Statistical significance levels were set to < 0.05

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