High levels of serum C-reactive protein are associated with greater risk of all-cause mortality, but not dementia, in the oldest-old: Results from the 90+ study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-646

  Kravitz, B Adar ^a   Corrada, Maria M ^a   Kawas, Claudia H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 1121 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Dementia; Mortality; Nonagenarian; Serum

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63849257325     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02169.x     Document Type: Article

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