Facial appearance reflects human familial longevity and cardiovascular disease risk in healthy individuals

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-152

  Gunn, David A ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^b   Dick, Joanne L ^a   Tomlin, Cyrena C ^a   Van Heemst, Diana ^b   Catt, Sharon D ^a   Griffiths, Tamara ^c   Ogden, Stephanie ^c   Maier, Andrea B ^b   Murray, Peter G ^a   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^c   Slagboom, P Eline ^d   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^b   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^e  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Section of Molecular Epidemiology   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular disease; Longevity; Perceived age; Skin

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FACIES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIBLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 84871785112     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls154     Document Type: Article

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