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Low resting metabolic rate is associated with greater lifespan because of a confounding effect of body fatness

dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Luiza C.
dc.contributor.authorSpeakman, John R.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Biological Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Securityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Energetics Research Groupen
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-20T11:36:01Z
dc.date.available2015-01-20T11:36:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.descriptionAcknowledgments: This work was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant BB/C516228/1 to J.R.S. We thank Jackie Duncan and Sarah Johnston for helping with DNA protocol assays and Lobke Vaanholt for helping with antioxidant enzyme protocols. We are grateful to the staff of the animal house for the care of our animals and to Paula Redman and Peter Thomson who provided technical support for the DLW assays. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent724749
dc.identifier46542109
dc.identifier48132f1a-7954-44a3-b984-b1929d5c5514
dc.identifier84919782085
dc.identifier.citationDuarte, L C & Speakman, J R 2014, 'Low resting metabolic rate is associated with greater lifespan because of a confounding effect of body fatness', Age, vol. 36, 9731. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-014-9731-3en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11357-014-9731-3
dc.identifier.issn0161-9152
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/4184
dc.identifier.vol36en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAgeen
dc.subjectmetabolic rateen
dc.subjectlifespanen
dc.subjectbody compositionen
dc.subjectfat massen
dc.subjectoxidative damageen
dc.subjectmiceen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)en
dc.subjectBB/C516228/1en
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleLow resting metabolic rate is associated with greater lifespan because of a confounding effect of body fatnessen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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