Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Leukocyte Telomere Length: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2525-2534

  Soares Miranda, Luisa ^a   Imamura, Fumiaki ^b   Siscovick, David ^c,d   Jenny, Nancy Swords ^e   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^d   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOLOGIC AGING; DNA; ELDERLY; EXERCISE; FITNESS

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WALKING;

EID: 84947222559     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000720     Document Type: Article

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