Table 4. OLS Regression Results Predicting Components of Allostatic Load by Gender^a.

	Total (N=1072)			Women (N=627)			Men (N=445)

	Cardio.	Metab.	Immune	Cardio.	Metab.	Immune	Cardio.	Metab.	Immune
Intercept	0.000 ^***	0.000 ^*	0.000 ^*	0.000 ^***	0.000	0.000	0.000 ^**	0.000 ^*	0.000
	(0.680)	(1.225)	(0.866)	(0.860)	(1.546)	(1.146)	(1.080)	(1.985)	(1.342)
Female	-0.154 ^***	-0.176 ^***	0.107 ^**
	(0.114)	(0.206)	(0.146)
Age	1.312 ^***	0.640 ^**	0.322	1.375 ^***	0.749 ^**	0.467	1.194 ^**	0.564	0.151
	(0.023)	(0.041)	(0.029)	(0.030)	(0.053)	(0.039)	(0.035)	(0.064)	(0.043)
Age Squared	-1.173 ^***	-0.702 ^***	-0.161	-1.138 ^***	-0.841 ^**	-0.300	-1.176 ^**	-0.589	0.017
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.001)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.001)	(0.000)
Race/Ethnicity
Black (Non-Hispanic)	0.115 ^***	-0.018	0.121 ^***	0.146 ^***	-0.047	0.147 ^**	0.064	-0.017	0.076
	(0.183)	(0.331)	(0.234)	(0.233)	(0.420)	(0.311)	(0.295)	(0.542)	(0.366)
US-born Mexican Am.	-0.006	0.088 ^*	0.088 ^*	-0.005	0.069	0.125 ^**	0.019	0.127 ^*	0.044
	(0.124)	(0.224)	(0.158)	(0.163)	(0.293)	(0.217)	(0.189)	(0.348)	(0.235)
Foreign-born Mexican	-0.058	0.044	0.050	-0.046	0.026	0.044	-0.066	0.067	0.062
	(0.196)	(0.354)	(0.250)	(0.251)	(0.451)	(0.334)	(0.311)	(0.572)	(0.387)
Stressors
15-30 Years in Texas City	0.056	-0.006	0.000	0.074	-0.024	-0.010	0.004	0.011	0.007
	(0.146)	(0.264)	(0.187)	(0.189)	(0.339)	(0.251)	(0.230)	(0.422)	(0.286)
>30 Years in Texas City	0.084 ^*	0.009	0.013	0.104 ^*	0.043	0.001	0.040	-0.027	0.023
	(0.138)	(0.249)	(0.176)	(0.178)	(0.320)	(0.237)	(0.216)	(0.397)	(0.269)
Distance from Plants	-0.044	0.016	-0.065 ^*	-0.088 ^*	-0.047	-0.036	0.009	0.087	-0.107 ^*
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
CAPHRS	-0.037	-0.044	-0.021	0.013	-0.028	-0.026	-0.136 ^*	-0.069	-0.012
	(0.011)	(0.019)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.025)	(0.019)	(0.016)	(0.030)	(0.020)
Neighborhood Perception	-0.018	-0.080 ^*	-0.011	-0.003	-0.068	0.005	-0.023	-0.095	-0.038
	(0.003)	(0.006)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.007)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.010)	(0.007)
Daily Hassles	0.019	0.088 ^*	0.055	-0.006	0.084	0.033	0.088	0.052	0.082
	(0.007)	(0.012)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.015)	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.021)	(0.014)
Negative Life Events	-0.030	-0.047	-0.052	-0.051	-0.081	-0.045	0.009	0.001	-0.055
	(0.025)	(0.045)	(0.032)	(0.030)	(0.054)	(0.040)	(0.042)	(0.078)	(0.053)

R Sq.	0.149	0.096	0.083	0.220	0.107	0.087	0.081	0.111	0.077
R Sq. (Adjusted)	0.131	0.077	0.063	0.192	0.076	0.055	0.036	0.067	0.031

Note: Table presents standardized coefficients (standard errors in parentheses);

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.001

All models include controls for married, social support, education, income, smoking behavior, exercise behavior, perceived stress, chronic health conditions, and health insurance

Table 4. OLS Regression Results Predicting Components of Allostatic Load by Gendera.

Table 4. OLS Regression Results Predicting Components of Allostatic Load by Gender^a.