Variation in the ciliary neurotrophic factor gene and muscle strength in older caucasian women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 823-826

  Arking, Dan E ^a   Fallin, Daniele M ^c   Fried, Linda P ^b,c   Li, Tao ^b   Beamer, Brock A ^b   Qian, Li Xue ^b   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a,d   Walston, Jeremy ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Frailty; Genetics; Muscle strength; Older women

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NULL ALLELE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENETICS; HAND GRIP; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENOTYPE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33744988742     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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