Associations between inflammatory markers, candidate polymorphisms and physical performance in older Danish twins

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Tiainen, Kristina ^a,b   Thinggaard, Mikael ^b   Jylhá, Marja ^a   Bladbjerg, Else ^c   Christensen, Kaare ^b,d   Christiansen, Lene ^b,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional disability; Genetic; Inflammation; Twins

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DANISH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84155165334     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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