Allostatic load is associated with chronic conditions in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1988-1996

  Mattei, Josiemer ^a   Demissie, Serkalem ^b   Falcon, Luis M ^c   Ordovas, Jose M ^a   Tucker, Katherine ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Chronic diseases; Health disparities; Metabolic syndrome; Puerto Ricans; USA

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLOSTASIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ARTHRITIS; BOSTON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952674935     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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