Leukocyte telomere length is not associated with mortality in older men

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-12

  Svensson, Johan ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^b   Ljunggren, Östen ^c   Tivesten, Åsa ^d   Mellström, Dan ^a   Movérare Skrtic, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cancer mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Elderly men; Leukocyte telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TELOMERE; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MULTICENTER STUDY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MORTALITY; SWEDEN; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84899786113     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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