Racial and ethnic patterns of allostatic load among adult women in the United States: Findings from the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999-2004

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-583

  Chyu, Laura ^a   Upchurch, Dawn M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954490352     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2170     Document Type: Article

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