Differential white blood cell count and all-cause mortality in the Korean elderly

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Kim, Kwang Il ^a,b   Lee, Jaebong ^b   Heo, Nam Ju ^a,c   Kim, Sejoong ^a,b   Chin, Ho Jun ^a,b   Na, Ki Young ^a,b   Chae, Dong Wan ^a,b   Kim, Cheol Ho ^a,b   Kim, Suhnggwon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immunity; Inflammation; Monocyte; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; KOREAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONOCYTE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872374236     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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