High serum Cu and Cu/Zn ratios correlate with impairments in bone density, physical performance and overall health in a population of elderly men with frailty characteristics

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 491-496

  Gaier, Eric D ^a   Kleppinger, Alison ^a   Ralle, Martina ^b   Mains, Richard E ^a   Kenny, Anne M ^a   Eipper, Betty A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Bone Mineral Density; Copper; Hematocrit; Muscle strength; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER ZINC RATIO; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMUR; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; COPPER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TRIGLYCERIDES; ZINC;

EID: 84861738681     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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