The correlation between peripheral leukocyte telomere length and indicators of cardiovascular aging

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 883-890

  Zhang, Wei Guang ^a   Zhu, Shu Ying ^b   Zhao, De Long ^a   Jiang, Shi Min ^a   Li, Juan ^c   Li, Zuo Xiang ^a   Fu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Li, Dian Geng ^a   Bai, Xiao Juan ^a   Cai, Guang Yan ^a   Sun, Xue Feng ^a   Chen, Xiang Mei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Nephrology The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical University   (China)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular function; Cardiovascular ultrasound; Electrocardiogram; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAN CHINESE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM CAROTID ARTERY END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; MAXIMUM INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE CAROTID ARTERY; MAXIMUM PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; MINIMUM CAROTID ARTERY END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; MINIMUM INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE CAROTID ARTERY; MINIMUM PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VERY ELDERLY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CHINA; CYTOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; STROKE VOLUME; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84923828905     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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