The associations between physical activity and inflammatory markers in high-functioning older persons: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1125-1130

  Reuben, David B ^a   Judd Hamilton, Leslie ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; AGING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042522866     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51380.x     Document Type: Article

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