Leukocyte telomere length and prevalence of age-related diseases in semisupercentenarians, centenarians and centenarians' offspring

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-95

  Tedone, Enzo ^a   Arosio, Beatrice ^a,b   Gussago, Cristina ^a   Casati, Martina ^b   Ferri, Evelyn ^a   Ogliari, Giulia ^a   Ronchetti, Francesco ^a   Porta, Alessandra ^a   Massariello, Francesca ^a   Nicolini, Paola ^b   Mari, Daniela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Longevity; Peripheral leukocyte telomere length

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE RELETED DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC DISORDER; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROGENY; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; AGING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ITALY; METABOLISM; PEDIGREE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

GENETIC MARKER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84905368986     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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