Serum C-reactive protein even at very low (<1.0 mg/l) concentration is associated with physical performance in a community-based elderly population aged 70 years and over

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 260-267

  Niu, Kaijun ^a   Hozawa, Atsushi ^c   Guo, Hui ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Ohmori Matsuda, Kaori ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^a   Takahashi, Hideko ^a   Fujita, Kazuki ^b   Wen, Shirong ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

High sensitivity C reactive protein; Inflammation; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE;

EID: 53649095460     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134286     Document Type: Article

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