Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations Between Allostatic load systems and purpose in life

Descriptive variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Cardiovascular	1	0.235**	0.131**	0.146**	0.143**	0.0 12	0.157**	0.502**	−0.041
2. Metabolic - lipids		1	0.358**	0.244**	−0.098**	−0.14 1**	0.091**	0.437**	−0.116**
3. Metabolic - glucose metabolism			1	0.265**	0.056†	−0.0 27	0.203**	0.58**	−0.058†
4. Inflammation				1	0.117**	−0.0 26	0.201**	0.522**	−0.07*
5. Sympathesic Nervous System					1	0.13 **	0.101**	0.471**	−0.027
6. Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrean Axis						1	0.045	0.307**	−0.018
7. Parasympathetic Nervous System							1	0.586**	−0.076*
8. Allostatic load								1	−0.118**
9. Purpose in life									1

Note: Sample size ranged from 898 to 985,;

^†p < .10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01