Allostatic load and biological anthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8318233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashley N Edes (0000-0003-2127-1179, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Health The Ohio State University), Douglas E Crews (0000-0002-3321-5898, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Health The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue | S63 |
| Pages | 44-70 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.23146 |
| PMID | 28105719 |
| OpenAlex | W2573267323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 278 |
Multiple stressors affect developing and adult organisms, thereby partly structuring their phenotypes. Determining how stressors influence health, well‐being, and longevity in human and nonhuman primate populations are major foci within biological anthropology. Although much effort has been devoted to examining responses to multiple environmental and sociocultural stressors, no holistic metric to measure stress‐related physiological dysfunction has been widely applied within biological anthropology. Researchers from disciplines outside anthropology are using allostatic load indices (ALIs) to estimate such dysregulation and examine life‐long outcomes of stressor exposures, including morbidity and mortality. Following allostasis theory, allostatic load represents accumulated physiological and somatic damage secondary to stressors and senescent processes experienced over the lifespan. ALIs estimate this wear‐and‐tear using a composite of biomarkers representing neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune systems. Across samples, ALIs are associated significantly with multiple individual characteristics (e.g., age, sex, education, DNA variation) of interest within biological anthropology. They also predict future outcomes, including aspects of life history variation (e.g., survival, lifespan), mental and physical health, morbidity and mortality, and likely health disparities between groups, by stressor exposures, ethnicity, occupations, and degree of departure from local indigenous life ways and integration into external and commodified ones. ALIs also may be applied to similar stress‐related research areas among nonhuman primates. Given the reports from multiple research endeavors, here we propose ALIs may be useful for assessing stressors, stress responses, and stress‐related dysfunction, current and long‐term cognitive function, health and well‐being, and risk of early mortality across many research programs within biological anthropology
Allostasis · Allostatic load · Developmental psychology · Longevity · Mental health · Psychiatry · Stressor · Birth, Development, and Health · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol · Tryptophan and brain disorders · Gerontology
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Positive reinforcement training affects hematologic and serum chemistry values in captive chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
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Endocrine and behavioral correlates of drought in wild olive baboons ( Papio anubis )
Temperament in nonhuman primates
Crowding increases salivary cortisol but not self‐directed behavior in captive baboons
Psychosocial factors and immunity in nonhuman primates
Reduction in Allostatic Load in Older Adults Is Associated With Lower All-Cause Mortality Risk
Chronic Social Stress, Social Status, and Susceptibility to Upper Respiratory Infections in Nonhuman Primates
Consequences of Social Conflict on Plasma Testosterone Levels in Rhesus Monkeys
A Longitudinal Investigation of Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychosocial Mediators of Allostatic Load in Midlife Women
Impact of Social Environment Characteristics on Neuroendocrine Regulation
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Morphological and hormonal parameters in two species of macaques
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Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines is Associated with Lower Allostatic Load and Inflammation in Mexican Americans
Stress, Place, and Allostatic Load Among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers in Oregon
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The importance of age, sex and place in understanding socioeconomic inequalities in allostatic load
Immunisation timeliness in a cohort of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
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Relationship of serum carotenoid concentrations with allostatic load as a measure of chronic stress among middle-aged adults in the USA
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Allostatic load differs by sex and diet, but not age in older Japanese from the Goto Islands
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Male Response to Female Ovulation in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 3,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |