Perspective: Longevity, Stress, Genes and African Americans

Ethn Dis. 2017 Jan 19;27(1):1-2. doi: 10.18865/ed.27.1.1.
No abstract available

Keywords: African Americans; Aging; Exceptional Survivors; Genetic Influences; Longevity; Stress.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease / epidemiology
  • Alzheimer Disease / ethnology
  • Alzheimer Disease / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease / psychology
  • Apolipoproteins E / genetics
  • Black or African American / genetics*
  • Black or African American / psychology
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Genotype*
  • Humans
  • Longevity / genetics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Stress, Psychological / ethnology*
  • Stress, Psychological / genetics
  • Survival Analysis
  • Telomere Shortening / genetics
  • United States
  • White People / genetics
  • White People / psychology
  • White People / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • ApoE protein, human
  • Apolipoproteins E