Cardiorespiratory capacity and leukocyte telomere length among adults in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 198-201

  Loprinzi, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; fitness; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHROMOSOME; FITNESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREADMILL TEST; UNITED STATES; AGING; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOLOGY; FITNESS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938777309     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv056     Document Type: Article

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