Peripheral blood markers of inflammation predict mortality and functional decline in high-functioning community-dwelling older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 638-644

  Reuben, David B ^a   Cheh, Anna I ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Rowe, John W ^d   Tracy, Russell P ^e   Seeman, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

CRP; IL 6; Inflammation; Older

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0036216138     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50157.x     Document Type: Article

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