Change in muscle strength explains accelerated decline of physical function in older women with high interleukin-6 serum levels

Volume: 50, Issue: 12, Pages: 1947 - 1954
Published: Dec 1, 2002
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To test whether accelerated sarcopenia in older persons with high interleukin (IL)-6 serum levels plays a role in the prospective association between inflammation and disability found in many studies. DESIGN: Cohort study of older women with moderate to severe disability. PARTICIPANTS: Six hundred twenty older women from the Women's Health and Aging Study in whom information on baseline IL-6 serum level was...
Paper Details
Title
Change in muscle strength explains accelerated decline of physical function in older women with high interleukin-6 serum levels
Published Date
Dec 1, 2002
Volume
50
Issue
12
Pages
1947 - 1954
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