Clinical Phenotype of Families with Longevity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-277

  Atzmon, Gil ^a   Schechter, Clyde ^a   Greiner, William ^a   Davidson, Deborah ^a   Rennert, Gad ^b   Barzilai, Nir ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risks; Centenarians; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; JEW; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; SPOUSE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842296490     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52068.x     Document Type: Article

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