Association between physical activity, physical performance, and inflammatory biomarkers in an elderly population: The InCHIANTI study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 760-767

  Elosua, Roberto ^a,b   Bartali, Benedetta ^c   Ordovas, Jose M ^a   Corsi, Anna M ^c   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c National Institute of Research and Care on Aging   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

EID: 21144432015     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.6.760     Document Type: Article

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