Replication of an association of variation in the FOXO3A gene with human longevity using both case-control and longitudinal data

Aging Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1010-1017

  Soerensen, Mette ^a,b   Dato, Serena ^a,b,c   Christensen, Kaare ^a   McGue, Matt ^a,d   Stevnsner, Tinna ^e   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^e,f   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Case control and longitudinal data; Forkhead box O3A (FOXO3A); Human longevity

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 78249280592     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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