Leukocyte telomere length is associated with noninvasively measured age-related disease: The cardiovascular health study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-416

  Sanders, Jason L ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^c   Boudreau, Robert M ^b   Arnold, Alice M ^c   Aviv, Abraham ^d   Kimura, Masayuki ^d   Fried, Linda F ^b,e,f   Harris, Tamara B ^g   Newman, Anne B ^b,f  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disease burden; Leukocyte telomere length; Noninvasive measurements

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTATIN C; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84859054037     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr173     Document Type: Article

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