The prognostic value of serum albumin in healthy older persons with low and high serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1404-1407

  Reuben, David B ^a   Ferrucc, Luigi ^b   Wallace, Robert ^c   Tracy, Russell P ^d   Corti, M Chiara ^e   Heimovitz, Harley ^f   Harris, Tamara B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f National Insitute on Aging ^*  (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cytokines; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; IOWA; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0033773213     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02629.x     Document Type: Article

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