Body weight status and telomere length in U.S. middle-aged and older adults

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-62

  An, Ruopeng ^a   Yan, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body weight status; Obesity; Older adult; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; TELOMERE LENGTH; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958212768     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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