More favorable midlife cardiovascular risk factor levels in male twins and mortality after 25 years of follow-up is related to longevity of their parents

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Reed, Terry ^a,d   Carmelli, Dorit ^b   Robinson, Tiffany S ^a   Rinehart, Shannon A ^a   Williams, Christopher J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d Department of Medical Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; FATHER; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LONGEVITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

EID: 0345701920     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.4.m367     Document Type: Article

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