Thymic function failure and C-reactive protein levels are independent predictors of all-cause mortality in healthy elderly humans

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 251-259

  Ferrando Martínez, Sara ^a,b   Romero Sánchez, María Concepción ^b   Solana, Rafael ^c   Delgado, Juan ^d   De La Rosa, Rafael ^d   Muñoz Fernández, Ma Ángeles ^a   Ruiz Mateos, Ezequiel ^b   Leal, Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^d San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; CRP; Elderly; Elderly survival; Human mortality; Immunosenescence; Inflamm aging; sj beta TREC ratio; Thymic function

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHILIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS FUNCTION; TIME; TIME TO DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84872599261     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9341-2     Document Type: Article

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