Elderly adults constitute a rapidly growing part of the global population, thus resulting in an
increase in morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), which remains …

Lipids are essential for physiological processes such as maintaining membrane integrity,
providing a source of energy and acting as signalling molecules to control processes …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the relationship between vascular disease in
different arterial territories and advanced age. Background: Vascular disease in the …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether plasma klotho, a recently discovered hormone that has
been implicated in atherosclerosis, is related to prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in …

Background Ambient particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 µm (PM 2.5)
consists of various toxic constituents. However, the health effect of PM 2.5 may differ …

Aging affects most living organisms and includes the processes that reduce health and
survival. The chronological and the biological age of individuals can differ remarkably, and …

Objectives Human age‐dependent telomere attrition and telomere shortening are
associated with several age‐associated diseases and poorer overall survival. The aim of …

Last 10 years have witnessed the growth of many computer applications for the
segmentation of the vessel wall in ultrasound imaging. Epidemiological studies showed that …

Telomere length and cell function can be preserved by the human reverse transcriptase
telomerase (hTERT), which synthesizes the new telomeric DNA from a RNA template, but is …

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) play an important role in the reverse cholesterol transport
(RCT) pathway, contributing to the efflux of excess cellular cholesterol. However, the classic …