Associations between socioeconomic status and allostatic load: Effects of neighborhood poverty and tests of mediating pathways

A.J. Schulz, G. Mentz, L. Lachance, J. Johnson, C. Gaines and B.A. Israel

American Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 102, issue 9, 1706-1714

Abstract: Objectives. We examined relationships between neighborhood poverty and allostatic load in a low- to moderate-income multiracial urban community. We tested the hypothesis that neighborhood poverty is associated with allostatic load, controlling for household poverty. We also examined the hypotheses that this association was mediated by psychosocial stress and health-related behaviors. Methods. We conducted multilevel analyses using cross-sectional data from a probability sample survey in Detroit, Michigan (n = 919) and the 2000 US Census. The outcome measure was allostatic load. Independent variables included neighborhood and household poverty, psychosocial stress, and health-related behaviors. Covariates included neighborhood and individual demographic characteristics. Results. Neighborhood poverty was positively associated with allostatic load (P

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300412

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