Brain-derived neurotrophic factor predicts mortality risk in older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1447-1452

  Krabbe, Karen S ^a,b,c   Mortensen, Erik L ^b,c   Avlund, Kirsten ^b,c,d   Pedersen, Agnes N ^e   Pedersen, Bente K ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^c   Bruunsgaard, Helle ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Inflammation; Neurotrophin; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROTROPHIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 68149141189     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02345.x     Document Type: Article

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