Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated with Disability in Older U.S. Population
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Leukocyte telomere length is associated with disability in older u.s. Population.
OBJECTIVES To determine whether mean leukocyte telomere length (LTL) serves as a biomarker of disability assessed according to activities of daily living (ADLs) and what factors may modify this relationship. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING A subset of the National Long Term Care Survey (NTLCS), a Medicare-based U.S. population longitudinal study focused on trends of over...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-8614
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02948.x