Allostatic load as a predictor of functional decline: MacArthur studies of successful aging

AS Karlamangla, BH Singer, BS McEwen… - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Allostatic load has been proposed as a cumulative measure of dysregulation across multiple
physiological systems, and has been postulated to impact health risks. In the allostatic load …

Allostatic load as a marker of cumulative biological risk: MacArthur studies of successful aging

TE Seeman, BS McEwen, JW Rowe… - Stress and the …, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Allostatic load (AL) has been proposed as a new conceptualization of cumulative biological
burden exacted on the body through attempts to adapt to life's demands. Using a …

Reduction in allostatic load in older adults is associated with lower all-cause mortality risk: MacArthur studies of successful aging

AS Karlamangla, BH Singer… - Psychosomatic medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To study the association between change in allostatic load (a risk score
constructed from multiple biological markers) over a 2.5-year period and mortality in the …

A comparative analysis of measurement approaches for physiological dysregulation in an older population

CL Seplaki, N Goldman, D Glei, M Weinstein - Experimental gerontology, 2005 - Elsevier
The theory of allostatic load [McEwen, BS, Stellar, E., 1993. Stress and the individual:
mechanisms leading to disease. Arch. Intern. Med. 153, 2093–2101] describes how the …

Price of adaptation—allostatic load and its health consequences: MacArthur studies of successful aging

TE Seeman, BH Singer, JW Rowe… - Archives of internal …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Exponential growth in the population of older adults presents clinicians with
special concerns about factors affecting risks for declines in cognitive and physical …

Allostatic load and frailty in older adults

TL Gruenewald, TE Seeman… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between allostatic load (AL), an index of
multisystem physiological dysregulation, and frailty development over a 3‐year follow‐up in …

The detrimental effects of allostasis: allostatic load as a measure of cumulative stress

JA Stewart - Journal of physiological anthropology, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Since its inception in the 1980s, through further developments during the 1990s, and
continuing today, the paradigm of allostatic load (AL) has becomed an important paradigm …

Measurement of cumulative physiological dysregulation in an older population

CL Seplaki, N Goldman, M Weinstein, YH Lin - Demography, 2006 - Springer
The allostatic load framework postulates that an important pathway connecting the social
environment with health involves biological responses to stressful stimuli and the …

Allostatic load as a predictor of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the general population: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey

T Robertson, G Beveridge, C Bromley - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Allostatic load is a multiple biomarker measure of physiological 'wear and tear'that has
shown some promise as marker of overall physiological health, but its power as a risk …

Allostatic load associations to acute, 3-year and 6-year prospective depressive symptoms in healthy older adults

RP Juster, MF Marin, S Sindi, NPV Nair, YK Ng… - Physiology & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Allostatic load represents the strain that chronic stress exerts on interconnected biological
systems. Associated algorithms are related to numerous deleterious physical outcomes in …