Reduction in allostatic load in older adults is associated with lower all-cause mortality risk: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-507

  Karlamangla, Arun S ^a,c   Singer, Burton H ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Mortality; Risk factor change; Risk score; Risk score change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ADRENALIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; SURVIVAL; URINE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33746099750     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000221270.93985.82     Document Type: Article

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