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
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
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals
PubMed ID
27310889
Repository Citation
Nobel, Lisa; Roblin, Douglas W.; Becker, Edmund R.; Druss, Benjamin G.; Joski, Peter; and Allison, Jeroan J., "Index of cardiometabolic health: a new method of measuring allostatic load using electronic health records" (2017). University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. 1080.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1080