A bivariate fit of average telomere length by chromosome size (in Mb from table 2) was performed to correlate the relationship between physical chromosome size and relative telomere length for each individual in the study.

<p>A positive correlation was found for all individuals; statistically significant correlations were seen in 11 of 17 (65%) and another 3 of 17 were close to the 0.05 cutoff for significance.