AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Dec 27, 2005
"Weathering" and Age Patterns of Allostatic Load Scores Among Blacks and Whites in the United States
Arline T. Geronimus, ScD,
Margaret Hicken, MPH,
Danya Keene, MAT and
John Bound, PhD
Arline T. Geronimus, Margaret Hicken, and Danya Keene are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. John Bound is with the Department of Economics and the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass.


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FIGURE 1— Probability of having an allostatic load of 4 or higher, as predicted by race (a) and race and gender (b).
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FIGURE 2— Probability of having an allostatic load of 4 or higher, as predicted by poverty income ratio (a) and poverty income ratio and race (b).
Note. PIR = poverty income ratio.
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