Dietary factors and biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older people: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1088-1098

  Corley, Janie ^a   Kyle, Janet A M ^b   Starr, John M ^a,c   McNeill, Geraldine ^b   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Dietary patterns; FFQ; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FLAVONOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; APPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDIBLE PLANT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PLANTS, EDIBLE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84944275147     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451500210X     Document Type: Review

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