Allostatic load and its impact on health: a systematic review

J Guidi, M Lucente, N Sonino, GA Fava - Psychotherapy and …, 2020 - karger.com
Introduction: Allostatic load refers to the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events.
It involves the interaction of different physiological systems at varying degrees of activity …

Stress-related biosocial mechanisms of discrimination and African American health inequities

BJ Goosby, JE Cheadle… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to
life course health trajectories among African Americans. Interpersonal racism, a form of …

Racial discrimination, educational attainment, and biological dysregulation among midlife African American women

AM Allen, MD Thomas, EK Michaels, AN Reeves… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the association between self-reported racial discrimination and
allostatic load, and whether the association differs by socioeconomic position. Methods We …

[HTML][HTML] Social status differences in allostatic load among young adults in the United States

LJ Richardson, AN Goodwin, RA Hummer - SSM-Population Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Allostatic load refers to wear and tear on the body due to repeated activation of the stress
response and, thus, may be an early subclinical indicator of future disease and mortality risk …

Race and ethnicity and sex variation in COVID-19 mortality risks among adults experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, California

NAC Porter, HK Brosnan, AH Chang… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Few studies have used precise age-specific data to construct age-standardized
estimates of the relative risks (RRs) of COVID-19 mortality for people experiencing …

Race/ethnicity, maternal educational attainment, and infant mortality in the United States

SH Fishman, RA Hummer, G Sierra… - … and social biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines patterns of and explanations for racial/ethnic-education disparities in
infant mortality in the United States. Using linked birth and death data (2007–2010), we find …

Does it add up? Educational achievement mediates child maltreatment subtypes to allostatic load

M Fitzgerald, H Hall - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been linked to higher levels of allostatic load
(AL) and educational achievement is a possible pathway and may differ across gender. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Self-identified race, socially assigned skin tone, and adult physiological dysregulation: assessing multiple dimensions of “race” in health disparities research

RJ Cobb, CS Thomas, WNL Pirtle, WA Darity Jr - SSM-population health, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite a general acceptance of “race” as a social, rather than biological construct in the
social sciences, racial health disparities research has given less consideration to the …

Sociodemographic, behavioral and genetic determinants of allostatic load in a Swiss population-based study

D Petrovic, E Pivin, B Ponte, N Dhayat, M Pruijm… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Allostatic load (AL) is a marker of physiological dysregulation which reflects exposure to
chronic stress. High AL has been related to poorer health outcomes including mortality. We …

Architectural allostatic overloading: exploring a connection between architectural form and allostatic overloading

C Valentine - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper examines, conceptually, the relationship between stress-inducing architectural
features and allostatic overload by drawing on literature from neuroimmunology and …