Predictors of interleukin-6 elevation in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1672-1677

  Zhu, Shuhan ^a,b,c   Patel, Kushang V ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Inflammation; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; WALKING SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 69549111159     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02426.x     Document Type: Article

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