Leucocyte Telomere Length and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in a Cohort of 1,397 Danish Men and Women

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 173-177

  Ellehoj, Hanne ^a   Bendix, Laila ^b,c   Osler, Merete ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ischaemic heart disease; Leucocytes; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DANISH CITIZEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUCOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; LEUKOCYTE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84958125066     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000441819     Document Type: Article

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