Lymphocyte count and mortality risk in older persons. The Leiden 85-plus study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1461-1465

  Izaks, Gerbrand J ^a   Remarque, Edmond J ^b   Becker, Sander V ^b   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Cell aging; Lymphocyte subsets; Lymphopenia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0141992828     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51467.x     Document Type: Article

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