Telomere length and cognitive function in southern Chinese community-dwelling male elders

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-455

  Ma, Suk Ling ^a   Lau, Edmond S S ^a   Suen, Eddie W C ^a   Lam, Linda Chiu Wa ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^b   Woo, Jean ^c   Tang, Nelson L S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Elderly; Genetics; Older people; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY SCREENING INTERVIEW FOR DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VERBALIZATION; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

COGNITIVE DECLINE; ELDERLY; GENETICS; OLDER PEOPLE; TELOMERES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879856716     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft036     Document Type: Article

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