Prevalence and predictors of anemia in a population-based study of octogenarians and centenarians in Georgia

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Haslam, Alyson ^a   Hausman, Dorothy B ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Davey, Adam ^b   Poon, Leonard W ^c   Allen, Robert H ^d   Stabler, Sally P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Centenarians; Renal function

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; GEORGIA; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PREVALENCE; SERUM ALBUMIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84863411969     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr151     Document Type: Article

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