Table 4.

Biomarkers Included in the Measurement of Allostatic Load

Body System/Bio marker	First Author, Year
	Allen 2019	Cuevas, 2019	Currie, 2019a	Currie, 2019b	Daly, 2019	Ong, 2017	Rosemberg, 2019	Thomas, 2019	Upchurch, 2015	Vadiveloo, 2017	Zilioli, 2017
Cardiovascular
Resting heart rate					X	X	X			X	X
Systolic BP	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Diastolic BP	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Resting pulse pressure										X
Immune/Inflammation
CRP	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Interleukin-6	X					X		X		X	X
Fibrinogen						X			X	X	X
sE-selectin						X				X	X
sICAM-1						X				X	X
WBC count					X
Metabolic
HbA1c	X	X			X	X	X	X		X	X
Glucose	X				X	X		X	X	X	X
BMI	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Waist circumference	X	X	X	X				X
Waist-to-hip ratio						X	X		X	X	X
Insulin resistance						X				X	X
Triglycerides	X				X	X		X	X	X	X
HDL cholesterol	X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X
LDL cholesterol	X					X		X		X	X
Total cholesterol	X	X						X	X
Ratio of total to HDL cholesterol					X
Neuroendocrine
Cortisol	X	X					X	X		X	X
CAR			X	X
DHEA-S		X	X	X					X	X	X
Epinephrine	X	X				X		X		X	X
Norepinephrine	X	X				X		X		X	X
SDRR						X				X	X
RMSSD						X				X	X
High frequency spectral power						X				X	X
Low frequency spectral power						X				X	X

Notes: BP: Blood Pressure, sE-selectin: soluble adhesion molecule E-selectin, sICAM: soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1, WBC: white blood cell, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, BMI: body mass index, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, CAR: cortisol awakening response, DHEA-S: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, SDRR: standard deviation of R-R (heartbeat to heartbeat) intervals, RMSSD: root mean square of successive differences