Does inflammation or undernutrition explain the low cholesterol-mortality association in high-functioning older persons? MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-84

  Hu, Peifeng ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Mortality; Serum total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0037242091     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.51014.x     Document Type: Article

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