. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 9.

Published in final edited form as: Complexity. 2015 Dec 23;21(Suppl 1):291–306. doi: 10.1002/cplx.21743

TABLE 3.

Allostatic Load Clusters and Their Differences on Key Self-Reported Health Measures

Cluster^a
Health Assessment^b		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9
		Low Cholesterol		Healthy		High BP		Low Stress Hormone		Metabolic Syndrome		Hi Blood Sugar		Low Stress Antagonist		High Stress Hormone		High Pro- Inflammatory
		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Heart disease	Observed^c	15	81	1	137	10	145	12	157	7	136	8	26	24	85	26	119	27	75
Heart disease	Expected	11.40	84.60	16.40	121.60	18.50	136.50	20.10	148.90	17	126.00	4.10	29.90	13.00	96.00	17.30	127.70	12.20	89.80
High blood pressure	Observed	29	63	8	129	49	102	58	110	61	81	15	20	51	55	63	82	61	42
High blood pressure	Expected	33.89	58.68	49.92	86.45	55.75	96.54	61.22	106.01	52.47	90.86	12.75	22.08	38.63	66.89	52.84	91.49	37.53	64.99
Circulation problems	Observed	9	86	9	128	12	139	10	157	16	128	7	28	15	93	11	130	20	78
Circulation problems	Expected	9.61	85.30	13.87	123.01	15.38	136.48	16.90	149.94	14.57	129.29	3.54	31.43	10.93	96.97	14.27	126.60	9.92	87.99
blood clots	Observed	5	91	4	134	4	151	11	157	5	139	4	31	6	102	9	137	13	91
blood clots	Expected	5.35	90.65	7.69	130.31	8.64	146.36	9.37	158.63	8.03	135.97	1.95	33.05	6.02	101.98	8.14	137.86	5.80	98.20
Heart murmur	Observed	12	83	14	124	17	138	28	139	19	124	4	31	16	90	28	116	18	85
Heart murmur	Expected	13.63	81.28	19.80	118.07	22.24	132.61	24.11	143.74	20.52	122.35	5.02	29.94	15.21	90.69	20.67	123.20	14.78	88.12
TIA/stroke	Observed	6	90	2	136	6	149	2	165	4	139	2	33	6	101	8	138	7	97
TIA/stroke	Expected	3.78	92.13	5.43	132.44	6.10	148.75	6.58	160.27	5.67	138.20	1.38	33.59	4.21	102.69	5.75	140.12	4.10	99.81
Anemia	Observed	17	79	27	110	13	142	36	133	13	130	4	31	26	83	11	135	16	87
Anemia	Expected	14.32	81.68	20.43	116.57	23.12	131.88	25.20	143.80	21.33	121.67	5.22	29.78	16.26	92.74	21.77	124.20	15.36	87.64
Cholesterol problems	Observed	42	53	28	110	38	111	79	87	83	57	19	14	49	57	66	78	68	35
Cholesterol problems	Expected	41.52	52.95	60.31	76.92	65.99	84.17	72.99	93.09	61.62	78.59	14.86	18.95	46.76	59.64	62.93	80.27	45.01	57.41
Diabetes	Observed	2	93	4	134	6	149	10	159	11	133	28	7	6	103.0	19	126	37	65
Diabetes	Expected	10.68	84.15	15.52	122.23	17.43	137.29	19.00	149.69	16.19	127.55	3.94	31.00	12.26	96.55	16.41	129.32	11.58	91.23
Asthma	Observed	13	83	11	127	16	139	18	150	23	121	3	31	16	92	14	130	19	85
Asthma	Expected	11.69	84.22	16.81	121.07	18.88	135.98	20.58	148.26	17.54	126.33	4.14	29.83	13.15	94.75	17.54	126.33	12.67	91.24
Emphysema/COPD	Observed	2	93	5	133	1	154	3	165	2	142	1	34	5	103	4	141	8	96
Emphysema/COPD	Expected	2.69	92.22	3.91	133.96	4.40	150.46	4.79	164.05	4.08	139.78	0.99	33.98	3.06	104.84	4.11	140.75	2.95	100.96
Tuberculosis	Observed	1	95	2	136	0	155	0	168	1	143	0	35	1	108	0	146	1	103
Tuberculosis	Expected	0.53	95.47	0.76	137.24	0.85	154.15	0.92	167.08	0.79	143.21	0.19	34.81	0.60	108.40	0.80	145.20	0.57	103.43
Positive TB skin test	Observed	5	90	8	130	7	146	11	158	6	137	7	28	13	96	18	126	14	90
Positive TB skin test	Expected	7.76	87.24	11.27	126.73	12.49	140.51	13.80	155.20	11.68	131.32	2.86	32.14	8.90	100.10	11.76	132.24	8.49	95.51
Thyroid disease	Observed	14	81	17	121	17	138	25	144	14	130	4	31	22	87	10	135	16	88
Thyroid disease	Expected	12.19	83.73	17.52	120.36	19.68	135.18	21.45	147.39	18.28	125.59	4.44	30.53	13.84	95.06	18.41	126.46	13.20	90.70
Peptic ulcer	Observed	2	93	3	133	5	149	16	151	8	135	0	34	8	101	7	138	7	96
Peptic ulcer	Expected	4.90	90.10	7.01	128.99	7.94	146.06	8.61	158.39	7.37	135.63	1.75	32.25	5.62	103.38	7.48	137.52	5.31	97.69
Cancer	Observed	16	80	22	116	10	144	18	151	21	122	4	31	22	87	21	124	23	81
Cancer	Expected	13.79	82.21	19.82	118.18	22.12	131.88	24.28	144.72	20.54	122.46	5.03	29.97	15.66	93.34	20.83	124.17	14.94	89.06
Colon polyp	Observed	18	77	17	121	19	136	35	133	22	121	8	26	31	78	30	115	28	74
Colon polyp	Expected	18.13	76.78	26.33	111.54	29.58	125.28	32.25	136.60	27.29	115.58	6.49	27.48	20.80	88.10	27.67	117.20	19.46	82.44
Arthritis	Observed	30	61	35	99	59	93	71	94	69	74	17	17	65	38	59	84	56	41
Arthritis	Expected	39.50	51.50	58.17	75.83	65.98	86.02	71.62	93.38	62.07	80.93	14.76	19.24	44.71	58.29	62.07	80.93	42.11	54.89
Glaucoma	Observed	3	93	5	133	6	148	8	159	2	142	0	35	7	101	4	141	7	97
Glaucoma	Expected	3.69	92.14	5.30	132.44	5.92	147.80	6.46	161.24	5.53	138.20	1.34	33.59	4.15	103.65	5.61	140.12	4.00	99.81
Liver cirrhosis	Observed	2	94	1	137	3	152	4	165	3	141	0	35	1	107	3	143	4	99
Liver cirrhosis	Expected	1.84	94.16	2.65	135.35	2.98	152.02	3.24	165.76	2.76	141.24	0.67	34.33	2.07	105.93	2.80	143.20	1.98	101.02
Alcoholism	Observed	6	90	3	135	9	145	3	166	2	139	0	35	2	106	4	142	3	101
Alcoholism	Expected	2.82	93.18	4.05	133.95	4.52	149.48	4.96	164.04	4.14	136.86	1.03	33.97	3.17	104.83	4.28	141.72	3.05	100.95
Depression	Observed	24	71	29	105	25	130	50	117	38	105	7	28	30	78	26	118	26	75
Depression	Expected	22.39	72.61	31.58	102.42	36.53	118.47	39.36	127.64	33.70	109.30	8.25	26.75	25.45	82.55	33.94	110.06	23.80	77.20
Blood transfusion	Observed	7	88	7	128	11	141	20	146	7	134	5	30	19	88	9	136	22	78
Blood transfusion	Expected	9.45	85.55	13.42	121.58	15.12	136.88	16.51	149.49	14.02	126.98	3.48	31.52	10.64	96.36	14.42	130.58	9.94	90.06

Clusters from the nine-cluster solution shown in Table 2.

Health Assessments used in StudyÅsee Methods section for more details.

Logistic regression was used to test the overall chi-square obtained when testing membership in all clusters. The current table was created for visual inspection of obvious patterns in terms of comparing observed frequency to expected frequency across all nine clusters.