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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023 Mar 29;148:105145. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105145

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics for Studies Meeting Systematic Review Eligibility

Study Title Dataset Country of origin N % Female Mean age (SD) Age range
(Christensen et al., 2018) Parental socioeconomic position and midlife allostatic load: A study of potential mediators Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort Denmark 361 53.5 27 (4.4) / 50 (0.8) NR
(Christensen et al., 2019b) Big Five personality traits and allostatic load in midlife Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank Denmark 5512 31.1 54.4 (3.6) 49–63
(Crook et al., 2018) Apolipoprotein E genotype does not moderate the associations of depressive symptoms, neuroticism and allostatic load with cognitive ability and cognitive aging in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 UK 1028 49.8 69.5 (0.8) NR
(Gallagher et al., 2021) Allostatic load and mental health during COVID-19: The moderating role of neuroticism Understanding Society UK 956 47.1 44.9 (13.5) 16–80
(Hawkley et al., 2011) Mediators of the relationship between socioeconomic status and allostatic load in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (CHASRS) Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations USA 208 52.9 58.4 (NR) 51–69
(Luo et al., 2022) Personality and health: Disentangling their between-person and within-person relationship in three longitudinal studies Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging Sweden 767* 59.6* 66.0 (9.0)* 45–91*
(Kobrosly, 2012) An epidemiologic investigation into the relationship between stress, allostatic load, and depressive disorder among older adults Rochester Study of Healthy Minds and Bodies USA 125 66.4 76.1 (5.9) 67–94
(Milad & Bogg, 2020) Personality traits, coping, health-related behaviors, and cumulative physiological health in a national sample: 10 year prospective effects of conscientiousness via perceptions of activity on allostatic load Midlife in the United States USA 1054 54.7 46.2 (11.8) 25–74
(Otto et al., 2021) Borderline Personality Disorder in a “life history theory” perspective: Evidence for a fast “pace-of-life-syndrome” Community clinical sample Germany 95 100.0 25.9 (4.6) NR
(Richards et al., 2023) Subjective social status and allostatic load among older people in England: A longitudinal analysis English Longitudinal Study of Ageing UK 2926* 55.0* 64.0 (8.1)* 50*–89
(Stephan et al., 2016) Allostatic load and personality: A 4-year longitudinal study Health and Retirement USA 5200* 59.5* 66.9 (8.9)* 50–99*

Note. UK=United Kingdom; USA=United States of America; NR=not reported.

*

Reflects baseline measurement occasion.