TABLE 2—

Relative Odds (With Confidence Intervals) of Having an Allostatic Load Score of 4 or Higher: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV, 1999–2002

	Relative Odds (95% Confidence Interval)
Age Group, y	Unadjusted	Adjusted for PIR	PIR ≤ 1.85	PIR > 1.85
Blacks vs Whites
18–24	1.49 (0.73, 3.06)	1.42 (0.69, 2.94)	1.18 (0.45, 3.06)	1.92 (0.68, 5.38)
25–34	1.57 (0.91, 2.73)*	1.41 (0.83, 2.39)	0.98 (0.53, 1.83)	2.03 (1.01, 4.09)**
35–44	1.95 (1.41, 2.67)***	1.69 (1.16, 2.46)***	1.55 (0.78, 3.08)	1.78 (1.10, 2.87)**
45–54	1.89 (1.33, 2.69)***	1.79 (1.26, 2.54)***	1.41 (0.75, 2.65)	2.00 (1.40, 2.87)***
55–64	2.31 (1.60, 3.32)***	2.22 (1.48, 3.32)***	1.36 (0.70, 2.66)	2.97 (1.52, 5.79)***
Black Women vs White Women
18–24	1.78 (0.76, 4.12)	1.67 (0.68, 4.10)	1.21 (0.41, 3.57)	2.33 (0.60, 8.94)
25–34	1.62 (0.80, 3.30)	1.39 (0.68, 2.84)	0.95 (0.37, 2.47)	2.32 (1.02, 4.88)**
35–44	2.24 (1.39, 3.63)***	2.17 (1.31, 3.57)***	1.89 (0.76, 4.71)	2.39 (1.19, 4.79)**
45–54	2.23 (1.37, 3.64)***	1.98 (1.19, 3.28)**	1.76 (0.73, 4.26)	2.08 (1.20, 3.61)**
55–64	2.73 (1.53, 4.89)***	2.94 (1.64, 5.27)***	1.44 (0.51, 4.02)	5.12 (1.83, 14.35)***
Black Men vs White Men
18–24	1.28 (0.40, 4.10)	1.18 (0.39, 3.58)	1.07 (0.31, 3.72)	1.50 (0.22, 10.49)
25–34	1.44 (0.76, 2.73)	1.41 (0.71, 2.78)	1.00 (0.36, 2.78)	1.86 (0.74, 4.66)
35–44	1.65 (1.06, 2.57)**	1.29 (0.81, 2.04)	1.22 (0.53, 2.77)	1.32 (0.70, 2.49)
45–54	1.58 (0.96, 2.61)*	1.57 (0.92, 2.70)*	1.02 (0.43, 2.44)	1.89 (1.01, 3.56)**
55–64	1.80 (1.12, 2.89)**	1.69 (1.00, 2.84)**	1.24 (0.46, 3.34)	1.98 (1.00, 3.91)**
Black Women vs Black Men
18–24	1.12 (0.33, 3.80)	0.93 (0.24, 3.47)	0.53 (0.14, 2.00)	2.09 (0.29, 15.02)
25–34	1.43 (0.65, 3.15)	1.35 (0.62, 2.95)	1.68 (0.46, 6.05)	1.10 (0.46, 2.65)
35–44	1.30 (0.72, 2.33)	1.42 (0.89, 2.55)	1.02 (0.42, 2.46)	1.79 (0.74, 4.31)
45–54	1.35 (0.77, 2.39)	1.46 (0.77, 2.77)	3.88 (1.31, 11.58)**	0.87 (0.38, 1.99)
55–64	2.10 (1.01, 4.36)**	2.75 (1.27, 5.95)**	1.94 (0.44, 8.59)	3.78 (1.76, 8.20)***
White Women vs White Men
18–24	0.80 (0.41, 1.56)	0.77 (0.40, 1.46)	0.47 (0.16, 1.42)	1.35 (0.49, 3.74)
25–34	1.26 (0.88, 1.82)	1.14 (0.78, 1.66)	1.75 (0.84, 3.67)	0.92 (0.58, 1.43)
35–44	0.96 (0.67, 1.37)	0.90 (0.65, 1.23)	0.65 (0.37, 1.17)	0.99 (0.69, 1.41)
45–54	0.96 (0.72, 1.27)	0.96 (0.73, 1.26)	2.24 (1.27, 3.97)**	0.79 (0.56, 1.11)
55–64	1.38 (0.96, 1.98)*	1.49 (0.97, 2.29)*	1.68 (0.64, 4.35)	1.46 (0.94, 2.28)*

Note. PIR = poverty income ratio.

* P < .10; **P < .05; ***P < .01.