Analyzing age-specific genetic effects on human extreme age survival in cohort-based longitudinal studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-454

  Tan, Qihua ^a,b   Jacobsen, Rune ^a   Sørensen, Mette ^a   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b   Kruse, Torben A ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohort design; extreme age survival; frailty modeling; genetic effect; population data

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION;

EID: 84875053687     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.182     Document Type: Article

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