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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate associations of allostatic load with physiology among elderly Hizen-Oshima Island residents

From: A pilot study of allostatic load among elderly Japanese living on Hizen-Oshima Island

BIVARIATE ANALYSES

Independent variables

Dependent variable

Regression coefficient

SE

P

R2

AL

Glucose

- 2.47

2.31

0.30

0.04

AL

Dopamine

184.4

87.9

0.05

0.15

AL

Uric acid

0.274

0.15

0.07

0.12

AL

White blood cells

349.3

179.1

0.06

0.13

AL

GPT

1.86

1.05

0.09

0.11

AL

GOT

−0.292

0.88

0.74

0.04

Age

AL

−0.550

0.61

0.38

0.03

Sex (male = 1)

AL

1.075

0.60

0.09

0.12

MULTIVARIATE MODELS CONTROLLING FOR AGE AND SEX

Age

Glucose

- 0.006

0.48

0.99

 

Sex

21.42

7.54

0.01

  

AL

 

- 4.79

2.34

0.05

0.32

Age

Dopamine

15.1

19.6

0.89

 

Sex

 

- 645.2

309.6

0.05

 

AL

 

265.1

96.1

0.01

0.29

Age

Uric acid

−0.036

0.03

0.23

 

Sex

 

1.452

0.47

0.005

 

AL

 

0.080

0.14

0.45

0.38

Age

White blood cells

- 463.2

597.0

0.45

 

Sex

 

32.9

37.8

0.39

 

AL

 

315.1

185.4

0.10

0.12

Age

GPT

−0.136

0.23

0.55

 

Sex

 

- 7.04

3.57

0.06

 

AL

 

2.75

1.11

0.02

0.30

Age

GOT

−0.247

0.18

0.19

 

Sex

 

- 6.00

2.89

0.05

 

AL

 

0.189

0.90

0.84

0.29

  1. (The first eight rows are bivariate results, while the lower rows present the same analyses including the effects of age and sex).