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. 2011 Dec;101(Suppl 1):S131–S139. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300270

TABLE 1.

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Allostatic Load Measurement Battery110

Measure (biological medium) Assayed for (change in biological marker)
Urine (12 h overnight) Norepinephrine, epinephrine, cortisol
Saliva (6/d to map circadian variation) Cortisol
Blood Total and HDL cholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, IL-6, CRP, fibrinogen
Other measures Waist/hip ratio, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate variability

Note. CRP = C-reactive protein; HDL = high-density lipoproteins; IL = interleukin.