Table 1. Descriptive summaries of allostatic load mean scores (standard deviation) in different covariate groups by sex at baseline.

	Obs a	All b	Female b	Male b
Sex	11792	1.199 (0.808)	1.163 (0.816)	1.244 (0.795)
Age
49 or younger	1408	1.061 (0.803)	0.980 (0.782)	1.228 (0.813)
50–59	4145	1.193 (0.823)	1.134 (0.820)	1.271 (0.822)
60–69	4206	1.236 (0.807)	1.214 (0.823)	1.259 (0.791)
70–79	1743	1.233 (0.757)	1.292 (0.772)	1.182 (0.739)
80 or older	290	1.240 (0.807)	1.334 (0.816)	1.164 (0.795)
Residence Type
Rural	9598	1.187 (0.802)	1.161 (0.814)	1.221 (0.785)
Urban	1873	1.260 (0.822)	1.164 (0.828)	1.348 (0.805)
Marriage Status
Not married or separated	1910	1.202 (0.780)	1.184 (0.776)	1.235 (0.788)
Married	9883	1.199 (0.811)	1.157 (0.821)	1.245 (0.796)
Wealth Tertials
Very or relatively rich	312	1.408 (0.798)	1.429 (0.825)	1.386 (0.772)
Average	6134	1.203 (0.819)	1.175 (0.830)	1.238 (0.805)
Poor or relatively poor	5182	1.182 (0.794)	1.133 (0.797)	1.237 (0.786)
Education
Elementary or lower	8121	1.187 (0.800)	1.180 (0.817)	1.199 (0.775)
Middle school	2308	1.228 (0.818)	1.118 (0.820)	1.304 (0.808)
High school	729	1.167 (0.839)	1.023 (0.780)	1.261 (0.863)
College or higher	292	1.335 (0.825)	1.047 (0.780)	1.435 (0.817)
Smoking
Still have	3300	1.205 (0.785)	1.158 (0.810)	1.210 (0.782)
Quit or never	8467	1.198 (0.818)	1.163 (0.817)	1.287 (0.812)
Drinking
More than once a month	2926	1.232 (0.795)	1.046 (0.770)	1.268 (0.795)
Less than once a month	943	1.135 (0.767)	1.049 (0.737)	1.188 (0.780)
Don’t drink	7915	1.195 (0.817)	1.180 (0.823)	1.232 (0.780)
Vigorous Exercise
Yes	2012	1.096 (0.784)	1.037 (0.802)	1.152 (0.814)
No	3418	1.272 (0.812)	1.231 (0.808)	1.332 (0.814)
Num. Comorbidities
0	3466	1.044 (0.757)	0.970 (0.755)	1.124 (0.752)
1	3392	1.204 (0.791)	1.173 (0.812)	1.241 (0.766)
2	2296	1.226 (0.822)	1.188 (0.815)	1.273 (0.824)
3 or more	2116	1.417 (0.838)	1.394 (0.839)	1.447 (0.834)

Note: column

^a present the numbers of observations of participants, column

^b presents the mean score of AL to related rows.