Telomere length is not associated with frailty in older Chinese elderly: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-79

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

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frailty phenotype; Incident frailty; Pre frailty; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE LENGTH; AGING; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84947811756     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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