Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 545-556Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001556
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG16661, K23 AG021029, AG16790, P06 AG10415-11] Funding Source: Medline
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Data from a national representative sample of 1023 elderly and near-elderly Taiwanese were used to explore whether allostatic load is associated with health outcomes and mediates the association between socioeconomic status and health in a non-Western population. The information collected included: demographic characteristics; allostatic load scores; socioeconomic status, measured by education and income; health behaviours; health-related variables, including self-rated health, basic activities of daily living difficulties, instrumental activities of daily living difficulties, and physical activity difficulties. The adjusted prevalent odds ratios of higher allostatic load level were 1(.)25 (95% CI: 1(.)00, 1(.)56) for reporting one level worse in self-rated health and 1(.)43 (95% CI: 1(.)14, 1(.)82) for reporting one more physical activity difficulty. There were significant associations of lower education or less income with worse self-rated health and more difficulties with physical functioning. The associations between education, income and health status are not mediated by the conventional ten-point measure of allostatic load in older Taiwanese adults.
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