Composite estimates of physiological stress, age, and diabetes in American Samoans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1028-1034

  Crews, Douglas E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Allostatic load; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEGENERATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMOAN ISLANDS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN SAMOA; BODY SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250327532     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20612     Document Type: Article

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