Diagonal earlobe crease are associated with shorter telomere in male japanese patients with metabolic syndrome -A pilot study-

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-279

  Higuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Maeda, Toyoki ^a   Guan, Jing Zhi ^a   Oyama, Junichi ^a   Sugano, Masahiro ^a   Makino, Naoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Earlobe crease; Metabolic syndrome; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTOR; TELOMERE;

AGED; AGING, PREMATURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 59449099944     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0267     Document Type: Article

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