Cardiovascular risk factors in centenarians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-113

  Galioto, Antonio ^a   Dominguez, Ligia J ^a   Pineo, Antonella ^a   Ferlisi, Anna ^a   Putignano, Ernesto ^a   Belvedere, Mario ^a   Costanza, Giuseppe ^a   Barbagallo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Centenarians; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Inflammation; Lifestyle; Longevity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN; PRAVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACE GENE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELDERLY CARE; GENE; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

ANGINA;

EID: 38149115421     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.06.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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