Telomere length is associated with decline in grip strength in older persons aged 65 years and over

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Woo, Jean ^a,b   Yu, Ruby ^a   Tang, Nelson ^a   Leung, Jason ^a  

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

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Grip strength; Inflammatory cytokines; Sarcopenia; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING; STANDING; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE LENGTH; WALKING SPEED; GENETICS; HAND STRENGTH; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WALKING;

CYTOKINE; DNA;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CYTOKINES; DNA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84929128841     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9711-7     Document Type: Article

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