University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Index of cardiometabolic health: a new method of measuring allostatic load using electronic health records
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Publication Date
2017-7
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biological Factors | Health Information Technology
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Cardiovascular disease, obesity/diabetes, renal disease
DOI of Published Version
10.1080/1354750X.2016.1201535
Source
Biomarkers. 2017 Jul;22(5):394-402. doi: 10.1080/1354750X.2016.1201535. Epub 2016 Jun 30. Link to article on publisher's site
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Journal/Book/Conference Title
Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals
PubMed ID
27310889
Repository Citation
Nobel L, Roblin DW, Becker ER, Druss BG, Joski P, Allison JJ. (2017). Index of cardiometabolic health: a new method of measuring allostatic load using electronic health records. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1080/1354750X.2016.1201535. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1080