Inflammation and infection do not promote arterial aging and cardiovascular disease risk factors among lean horticulturalists

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Winking, Jeffrey ^c   Rodriguez, Daniel Eid ^d   Vasunilashorn, Sarinnapha ^e   Kim, Jung Ki ^e   Finch, Caleb ^e   Crimmins, Eileen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

VERMES;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68749120855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006590     Document Type: Article

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