Index of cardiometabolic health: a new method of measuring allostatic load using electronic health records
Nobel, Lisa Roblin, Douglas W. Becker, Edmund R. Druss, Benjamin G. Joski, Peter Allison, Jeroan J.
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OBJECTIVE: We developed a measure of allostatic load from electronic medical records (EMRs), which we named "Index of Cardiometabolic Health" (ICMH).
METHODS: Data were collected from participants' EMRs and a written survey in 2005. We computed allostatic load scores using the ICMH score and two previously described approaches.
RESULTS: We included 1865 employed adults who were 25-59 years old. Although the magnitude of the association was small, all methods of were predictive of SF-12 physical component subscales (all p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: We found that the ICMH had similar relationships with health-related quality of life as previously reported in the literature.
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Biomarkers. 2017 Jul;22(5):394-402. doi: 10.1080/1354750X.2016.1201535. Epub 2016 Jun 30. Link to article on publisher's site