Glucose and lipid profile of a long-lived rural han chinese population and their families in Southwest China: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-568

  Gong, Yuan Ying ^a,b,c   Xie, Liang ^a,b   Zhou, Wei Ping ^a,e   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a   Lian, Shi Gang ^c   Yang, Juan ^c   Yang, Zhao ^c   Gao, Shou Jun ^d   Xu, Liang You ^d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c People's Hospital of Dujiangyan   (China)

^d Dujiangyan Longevity Research Centre   (China)

^e YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 61449231779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02155.x     Document Type: Letter

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