A pilot study of allostatic load among elderly Japanese living on Hizen-Oshima Island

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ID5222605
AuthorsDouglas E Crews (0000-0002-3321-5898, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Hajime Harada (Tohoku Institute of Technology), Kiyoshi Aoyagi (0000-0002-8163-7606, Nagasaki University), Takahiro Maeda (0000-0003-4530-6460, Nagasaki University), Alexandria Alfarano (0000-0002-9002-3227, The Ohio State University), Yoshiaki Sone (0000-0002-0847-0475, Osaka City University), Yosuke Kusano (Nagasaki Wesleyan University)
Year2012
Volume31
Issue1
Pages18-18
Publication date2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1880-6791 • E-ISSN: 1880-6805
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/1880-6805-31-18
PMID22738074
PMCIDPMC3518247
OpenAlexW2146572455
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited17

BACKGROUND: Between July and September 2005, a preliminary sampling of the elderly population of Hizen-Oshima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan was conducted by the local hospital's nursing staff. RESULTS: Reported here are preliminary results from this sample of 27 individuals with an average age of 71 years. Their ages ranged from 51 to 82 years, with a standard deviation (sd) of 7.4 years. In total, 33 aspects of physical and physiological variation were assessed on these 15 women and 12 men. As expected from previous studies of Japanese elders, our sample shows slightly elevated average blood pressure (142/81 mmHg, sd 16/10), but they are relatively lean (waist/hip = .9: sd 0.06) when compared to European or American standards. However, their average total cholesterol (TC = 210 mg/dl, sd = 42.8) is high compared to standards, as is their high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc = 55.4 mg/dl, sd = 15.1). Means, standard deviations (sd), ranges and upper bounds for quartile cut-points for all 10 variables used in the calculation of allostatic load (AL) were assessed. The overall average estimate for AL in this sample is 3.1 (sd = 1.58) and ranges from 1 to 7. CONCLUSION: AL shows variability across men and women, has little correlation with age, and is associated with physiological variation in blood glucose, dopamine and uric acid

Allostatic load · Blood pressure · Confidence interval · Quartile · Uric acid · Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention · Demography · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Medicine · Sodium Intake and Health · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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