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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2016 Aug 30;41:110–118. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.003

Table 2.

Physiological indices with ‘at risk’ values

Quartile Cut-Offs (Clinical Cut-Offs) At Least 1 Index ‘At Risk’ (%)

Cardiovascular 48.74
    SBP ≥143.00 (≥140)
    DBP ≥82.00 (≥90)
    HR ≥77.00 (>90)
HPA 43.22
    Cortisol ≥21.00
    DHEA-S ≤51.00
Inflammatory 63.92
    CRP ≥3.18
    Fibrinogen ≥390.00
    IL-6 ≥3.18
    e-Selectin ≥50.58
    ICAM-1 ≥329.65
Metabolic Glucose 44.14
    Glycosylated Hemoglobin ≥6.10 (≥7)
    Fasting Glucose ≥105.00 (≥126)
    Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) ≥4.05
Metabolic Lipids 64.19
    HDL ≤41.37 (<40)
    LDL ≥128.00 (≥160)
    Triglycerides ≥160.00 (≥200)
    BMI ≥32.31 (≥30)
    WTH ≥0.97 (>1)
Parasympathetic 38.23
    Low Frequency Spectral Power ≤113.96
    High Frequency Spectral Power ≤54.16
    Standard Deviation of IBIs ≤23.54
    RMSSD ≤11.83
Sympathetic 37.09
    Epinephrine ≥2.54
    Norepinephrine ≥33.33

SBP = Systolic Blood pressure; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure; HR = Heart rate; DHEA-S = Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; CRP = C-reactive protein; IL-6 = Interleukin 6; ICAM-1 = Intercellular adhesion molecule 1; HOMA = Homeostatic model assessment; HDL = High density lipoprotein; LDL = Low density lipoprotein; BMI = Body mass index; WTH = Waist to hip; IBI = Inter-beat intervals; RMSSD = Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences (Heart rate variability)