From: Trajectories of allostatic load among older Americans and Britons: longitudinal cohort studies
HRS | ELSA | |||||||
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N | All N = 15,583 | Male N = 6787 | Female N = 8796 | N | All N = 14,765 | Male N = 6721 | Female N = 8044 | |
All | 0.006 | 0.027 | − 0.009 | 1.926 | 1.92 | 1.932 | ||
Age group | ||||||||
50- | 3752 | − 0.044 | 0.006 | − 0.084 | 4109 | 1.554 | 1.592 | 1.523 |
60- | 4532 | −0.002 | 0.025 | −0.023 | 5843 | 1.834 | 1.850 | 1.821 |
70- | 4735 | 0.028 | 0.035 | 0.023 | 3648 | 2.255 | 2.210 | 2.291 |
80- | 2564 | 0.056 | 0.047 | 0.064 | 1165 | 2.676 | 2.553 | 2.771 |
Married/cohabit | ||||||||
Not married | 4753 | 0.047 | 0.067 | 0.04 | 4555 | 2.116 | 2.07 | 2.139 |
Married | 10,830 | −0.011 | 0.017 | −0.041 | 10,210 | 1.842 | 1.876 | 1.807 |
Wealth tertiles | ||||||||
Poorest | 4891 | 0.069 | 0.098 | 0.049 | 4135 | 2.251 | 2.198 | 2.289 |
Middle | 5303 | 0.001 | 0.024 | −0.016 | 5089 | 1.97 | 1.968 | 1.971 |
Wealthiest | 5389 | −0.045 | −0.025 | − 0.062 | 5541 | 1.645 | 1.696 | 1.598 |
Education | ||||||||
< High school | 2569 | 0.077 | 0.087 | 0.069 | 4561 | 2.252 | 2.249 | 2.254 |
High school | 5080 | 0.029 | 0.059 | 0.011 | 5692 | 1.884 | 1.922 | 1.855 |
Some college | 7934 | −0.031 | − 0.007 | − 0.051 | 4512 | 1.651 | 1.692 | 1.6 |
Num. comorbidities | ||||||||
0 | 4160 | − 0.121 | − 0.086 | −0.143 | 6401 | 1.304 | 1.306 | 1.302 |
1 | 5270 | −0.000 | 0.011 | −0.009 | 5667 | 2.247 | 2.238 | 2.254 |
2 | 3671 | 0.065 | 0.074 | 0.057 | 2016 | 3.044 | 2.634 | 2.585 |
3+ | 2482 | 0.148 | 0.136 | 0.161 | 681 | 3.193 | 3.202 | 3.187 |
Current smoker | ||||||||
No | 13,611 | 0.006 | 0.024 | −0.007 | 12,979 | 1.902 | 1.889 | 1.912 |
Yes | 1972 | 0.009 | 0.049 | −0.022 | 1786 | 2.107 | 2.147 | 2.074 |
Drinking | ||||||||
Less | 14,001 | 0.008 | 0.031 | −0.008 | 9098 | 2.057 | 2.054 | 2.059 |
Daily | 1582 | −0.007 | 0.001 | −0.021 | 5667 | 1.716 | 1.763 | 1.66 |
Vigorous physical activity | ||||||||
No | 9994 | 0.042 | 0.07 | 0.024 | 12,026 | 2.027 | 2.037 | 2.02 |
Yes | 5589 | −0.057 | − 0.03 | − 0.086 | 2739 | 1.483 | 1.51 | 1.451 |