Cross-sectional and prospective relationships of interleukin-6 and c-reactive protein with physical performance in elderly persons: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages

  Taaffe, D R ^a   Harris, T B ^a   Ferrucci, L ^a   Rowe, J ^a   Seeman, T E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; WALKING;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0034473259     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.12.M709     Document Type: Article

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