Variation in the Calculation of Allostatic Load Score: 21 Examples from NHANES
| Autor: | Brianna A. Bingham, Paola C Aldana, Anne E. Sumner, Stephanie T. Chung, Michelle T Duong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Blood Pressure Disease medicine.disease_cause Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Psychological stress 030212 general & internal medicine Quality of Life Research 030505 public health business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health RNA-Binding Proteins Allostasis Health Surveys United States Allostatic load C-Reactive Protein Variation (linguistics) Anthropology Biomarker (medicine) 0305 other medical science business Biomarkers Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 4:455-461 |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 2197-3792 |
| Popis: | After decades of resistance, there is now a genuine consensus that disease cannot be prevented or even successfully treated unless the role of stress is addressed alongside traditionally recognized factors such as genes and the environment. Measurement of allostatic load, which is quantified by the allostatic load score (ALS), is one of the most frequently used methods to assess the physiologic response to stress. Even though there is universal agreement that in the calculation of ALS, biomarkers from three categories should be included (cardiovascular, metabolic and immune), enormous variation exists in how ALS is calculated. Specifically, there is no consensus on which biomarkers to include or the method which should be used to determine whether the value of a biomarker represents high risk. In this perspective, we outline the approach taken in 21 different NHANES studies. |
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