Evaluation of biological aging process - A population-based study of healthy People in China

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Bai, Xiaojuan ^a   Han, Lulu ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Shan, Haiyan ^a   Lin, Hongli ^b   Sun, Xuefeng ^c   Chen, Xiang Mei ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biological age; Biomarkers of aging; Chronological age; Healthy aging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYSTATIN C; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTATIN C; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REFERENCE VALUES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77949568637     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262449     Document Type: Article

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