Carotid ultrasound examination as an aging and disability marker

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 710-715

  Barrera, Gladys ^a   Bunout, Daniel ^a   de la Maza, María Pía ^a   Leiva, Laura ^a   Hirsch, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Carotid intima media thickness; Functional decline

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELOMERE; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84904981570     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12146     Document Type: Article

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