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Plasma zinc alpha2-glycoprotein levels correlate positively with frailty severity in female elders

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with adiposity. Zinc alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG), a novel adipokine, is a modulator of body fat mass and positively correlates with age. This observational study aims to investigate the relationship between plasma ZAG levels and frailty in the elderly. We enr...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ya-Ping, Chang, Chin-Hao, Liu, Heng-Hsiu, Chen, Chin-Ying, Chen, Ching-Yu, Hsu, Chih-Cheng, Chang, Ching-I, Lin, Yen-Ting, Lee, Chung-Sheng, Tsai, Jaw-Shiun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004753