Association of education and receiving social transfers with allostatic load in the swiss population-based colaus study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-71

  Nicod, Edouard ^a   Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Waeber, Gérard ^b   Lamiraud, Karine ^c   Vollenweider, Peter ^b   Bochud, Murielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Chronic stress; Education; Oxidative stress; Population based; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN METABOLISM; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897430517     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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