Multilevel model estimation of age-dependent individual-specific trajectories for left ventricular echocardiographic indexes in an asymptomatic elderly cohort

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1128-1134

  Wang, Yu Hong ^a   Jiang, Yu Ping ^a   Luo, Shan Shun ^a   Qiao, Fang Fang ^a   Han, Hui ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Cardiac ageing; Echocardiogram; Individual variability; Multilevel model

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84859612296     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01256.2011     Document Type: Article

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