Association between education and allostatic load with risk of cancer mortality among Hispanic women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the US. While social determinants of health, such as educational attainment, have been linked to negative health outcomes, their biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. We evaluated the association between educational attainment and allostatic load (AL), a measure of chronic physiologic stress, with risk of cancer mortality in Hispanic women from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis among 5637 Hispanic women in NHANES from 1988 to 2010 with follow-up data through 2019. Educational attainment was categorized into a two-level variable: less than high school education vs high school graduate and above. AL score was calculated as th

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Pentecost M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12139689 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature