Habitual physical exercise has beneficial effects on telomere length in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1109-1115

  Kim, Jung Ha ^a   Ko, Jae Hong ^b   Lee, Duk Chul ^c   Lim, Inja ^b   Bang, Hyoweon ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Exercise; Leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number; Postmenopausal; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ESTROGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUAL PHYSICAL EXERCISE; HIP; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELOMERE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPONECTIN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84866996603     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182503e97     Document Type: Article

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