Open AccessRace, Lifetime SES, and Allostatic Load Among Older Adults
Author(s) -
Courtney S. Thomas Tobin,
Taylor W. Hargrove
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab160
Subject(s) - allostatic load , socioeconomic status , demography , health and retirement study , gerontology , odds , confidence interval , odds ratio , poisson regression , health equity , medicine , allostasis , race (biology) , psychology , public health , logistic regression , population , sociology , gender studies , nursing , pathology , immunology
Prior research demonstrates that Black Americans receive fewer health benefits at high levels of socioeconomic status (SES) relative to Whites. Yet, few studies have considered the role of lifetime SES (ie, changes in SES from childhood to adulthood) in shaping these patterns among older adults. This study investigates the extent to which racial disparities in allostatic load (AL), an indicator of accelerated physiological aging, vary across levels of lifetime SES among Black and White adults aged 50 and older.