No evidence for an association between extreme longevity and Microsomal Transfer Protein polymorphisms in a longitudinal study of 1651 nonagenarians

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1154-1158

  Bathum, Lise ^a,b   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b   Tan, Qihua ^a,b   Vaupel, James ^b,c   Jeune, Bernard ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Longevity; Microsomal transfer protein

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MICROSOMAL TRANSFER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK;

EID: 27144457004     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201468     Document Type: Article

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