Table 1.

Determinants of health status

Physiological factors	Psychological and behavioral factors	Sociodemographic factors	Socioeconomic status (SES)	Social, environmental, and medical factors	Outcomes
Cardiovascular	Psychological distress	Age	Education	Residential characteristics	Health and illness
Immune	Personality factors	Ethnicity	Income	Occupational environment
Muscular	Health-promoting behaviors	Gender	Occupation	Social support
Endocrine	Health-damaging behaviors	Location	Family wealth	Social/professional hierarchy
Height			Perceived SES	Access to health care
Weight			Economic mobility
			Childhood SES
			Material possessions
			National income distribution

Adapted from Anderson and Armstead.⁵⁶