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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, personal health, and medical conditions by allostatic load and educational attainment, National Health Examination Survey (NHANES) study period. Among 4,677 NHANES survey participants (an estimated 9,381,049 non-institutionalized African American women) years 1988 through 2010 and follow up through December 31, 2019

From: Investigating the association between educational attainment and allostatic load with risk of cancer mortality among African American women

 

Living with High Allostatic Loada

Living with Low Allostatic Load

 

< High School

High School or Equivalent

Some College

College Graduate or more

< High School

High School or Equivalent

Some College

College Graduate or more

Unweighted sample sizeb

1044

849

598

258

473

662

524

256

Weighted sample sizec

1,689,042

1,526,515

1,360,399

561,849

941,705

1,242,292

1,364,856

690,186

 

Presented as n with (%) or Mean with (SE)d

Allostatic load total scoree

4.5 (0.04)

4.2 (0.05)

4.2 (0.06)

4.4 (0.09)

1.1 (0.05)

1.2 (0.03)

1.1 (0.04)

1.2 (0.05)

Mean age in years

55.5 (0.7)

45.7 (0.6)

45.3 (0.8)

47.7 (1.0)

36.1 (0.7)

32.8 (0.6)

35.0 (0.6)

37.8 (0.7)

Age Group

        

18–29

81 (7.1)

154 (16.7)

95 (16.6)

27 (11.4)

226 (40.3)

377 (47.9)

217 (40.1)

58 (24.0)

30–39

118 (12.8)

170 (20.1)

115 (20.2)

47 (17.5)

99 (26.8)

148 (26.8)

138 (28.7)

90 (35.4)

40–49

149 (18.0)

192 (24.7)

143 (27.2)

58 (26.1)

52 (14.4)

72 (14.4)

99 (19.9)

64 (25.8)

50–59

167 (18.5)

120 (17.0)

91 (18.3)

56 (26.1)

34 (9.3)

32 (6.5)

31 (6.5)

28 (11.4)

60–69

253 (20.2)

137 (13.4)

106 (12.1)

42 (10.9)

26 (3.6)

19 (2.4)

22 (2.5)

13 (2.7)

70+

276 (23.6)

76 (8.1)

48 (5.7)

28 (8.1)

36 (5.6)

14 (2.1)

17 (2.3)

3 (0.7)

Time Periode

        

1988–1991

245 (21.0)

182 (21.6)

82 (9.9)

40 (4.3)

82 (8.4)

146 (17.2)

88 (12.1)

32 (4.8)

1991–1994

342 (24.8)

347 (27.6)

143 (11.1)

72 (6.4)

77 (5.2)

171 (13.3)

90 (7.8)

42 (3.6)

1999–2000

79 (18.5)

39 (10.4)

34 (11.2)

13 (3.5)

68 (16.7)

47 (12.9)

48 (17.0)

26 (8.9)

2001–2002

63 (13.9)

46 (12.4)

53 (15.7)

21 (5.9)

67 (16.0)

57 (13.2)

49 (15.5)

21 (7.3)

2003–2004

69 (17.0)

51 (12.8)

51 (15.3)

25 (6.9)

47 (10.6)

68 (12.9)

53 (16.6)

22 (7.7)

2005–2006

74 (15.0)

59 (12.0)

70 (17.5)

28 (7.2)

49 (9.0)

60 (9.3)

74(21.1)

34 (8.8)

2007–2008

94 (15.5)

69(12.9)

75 (15.4)

33 (7.5)

45 (9.5)

51 (10.7)

63 (15.4)

52 (13.0)

2009–2010

68 (14.0)

56 (12.4)

90 (20.5)

26 (6.1)

38 (9.5)

62 (15.0)

59 (15.4)

27 (7.1)

Mean Family PIR

1.5 (0.05)

1.9 (0.06)

2.4 (0.08)

3.6 (0.1)

1.4 (0.07)

1.7 (0.06)

2.3 (0.08)

3.5 (0.1)

Current smoker status

267 (28.2)

215 (26.8)

113 (17.4)

35 (13.1)

136 (34.6)

145 (25.4)

112 (20.7)

19 (6.4))

Any cancer historyf

53 (4.9)

38 (5.0)

35 (5.1)

14 (5.3)

8 (1.9)

14 (2.8)

12 (2.6)

6 (2.5)

CHF

64 (6.2)

25 (2.9)

20 (3.2)

5 (1.9)

9 (1.7)

3 (0.3)

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

Ever Heart attack

54 (5.1)

27 (2.8)

22 (3.4)

5 (1.8)

8 (1.7)

3 (0.3)

5 (0.9)

1 (0.5)

  1. a High Allostatic load is defined as total Allostatic load score greater than or equal to 3 (presented as column percentages and standard errors).
  2. b Unweighted sample size.
  3. c Estimated using sampling weights from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
  4. d Presented as unweighted column sample size (weighted percentage) or mean (standard error) for continuous variables.
  5. e Presented as unweighted row sample size (weighted percentage)
  6. f Defined as self-reported response to ever being diagnosed by a doctor or health professional of any cancer or malignancy.
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