Table 1.

Cut-off points for high risk values of individual biomarkers

Variable	Cut-off points
Abdominal girth	Waist >80 cm for women, >90 cm for men
Diabetes	Glycosylated haemoglobin $\ge$6.5%, or taking medicine
High blood pressure	Diastolic >90 and systolic >140 mmHg in three measurements, or taking medicine
High triglycerides	$\ge$50 mg/dl
High cholesterol ratio	Total to HDL $\ge$5.92
High C-reactive protein	$\ge$10 mg/L
Weak grip strength	<20 kg women, 30 kg men
Allostatic load	Sum of the number of high risk condition (including poor self-rated health) weighted by number of non-missing observations

Cut-off points used to define “high risk” health conditions

Source: Rosero-Bixby and Dow (2009)