Nativity differences in allostatic load by age, sex, and Hispanic background from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

• Main Authors: Christian R. Salazar (Author), Garrett Strizich (Author), Teresa E. Seeman (Author), Carmen R. Isasi (Author), Linda C. Gallo (Author), Larissa M. Avilés-Santa (Author), Jianwen Cai (Author), Frank J. Penedo (Author), William Arguelles (Author), Anne E. Sanders (Author), Richard B. Lipton (Author), Robert C. Kaplan (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Allostatic load (AL), an index of biological "wear and tear" on the body from cumulative exposure to stress, has been little studied in US Hispanics/Latinos. We investigated AL accumulation patterns by age, sex, and nativity in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. We studi...