Shorter telomere length is associated with greater decrease in ankle-brachial index in elderly chinese women but not men

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-91

  Woo, Jean ^a   Tang, Nelson L S ^a   Suen, Eddie ^a   Leung, Jason ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; telomere

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELOMERE;

EID: 78650200108     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710371618     Document Type: Article

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