Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) of belonging to the shortest decile of standardized relative mean leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at the end of follow-up by exposure to unemployment days during three years, unadjusted and adjusted for potential confounders presented in table 1.

*early biology: paternal age at birth, birthweight. **social functioning: years of education at 31 years, occupation-based socioeconomic status at 31 years, marital status, family status. ***biological and behavioral health risks: BMI, smoking, consumption of alcohol, leisure-time physical activity. ****medical conditions: self-reported history of doctor-diagnosed somatic (diabetes, hypertension, heart insufficiency or angina pectoris)or psychiatric (psychosis, depression) illness. *****all aforementioned.