> 0.55. For iSLE in men, the age × ONS14 × dSLE term was statistically significant (p = 0.054), but the regression weight was in the direction opposite to what would be predicted for a telescoping effect: older (rather than younger) age at interview combined with drinking onset by age 14 and having 1 or more past-year iSLE was associated with heavier PYDD. At any rate, the effect accounted for relatively little explained variance in PYDD (ΔR2 < 0.5% for 5 additional terms). We thus conclude that there is little evidence that telescoping bias influenced our analyses investigating interactions between onset and SLE.
