ArticleHealth & place2013
Neighborhood poverty, allostatic load, and birth outcomes in African American and white women: findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study.
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The Bogalusa Heart Study
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prenatal allostatic load and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- Allostatic Load in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2023Pooled it
- Association of neighborhood context with offspring risk of preterm birth and low birthweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Pooled it
- Mid-Trimester Allostatic Load and Spontaneous Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Zambia.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Trial
- Allostatic load, a measure of chronic physiological stress, is associated with pregnancy outcomes, but not fertility, among women with unexplained infertility.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2018Trial
- Allostatic Load, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Birth Outcomes.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Stress, Well-Being, and Reproduction in Wildlife.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Disparities in Allostatic Load Among Different Races: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- The impact of maternal chronic stress on spontaneous preterm birth: evidence from a Chinese cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Prescription Practices for Antenatal Steroids in Pregnant Women.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- The role of allostatic load in adverse pregnancy outcomes: a multisystem, developmental perspective.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- The neurophysiological consequences of racism-related stressors in Black Americans.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Matching science to reality: how to deploy a participant-driven digital brain health platform.Frontiers in dementia · 2023Article
- A Comprehensive Review on Social Inequalities and Pregnancy Outcome-Identification of Relevant Pathways and Mechanisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Allostatic Load and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Observational
- Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Family Physicians Delivering Maternity Care.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Biomarkers of pre-pregnancy allostatic load and subsequent adverse birth outcomes.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Association of Residence in High-Police Contact Neighborhoods With Preterm Birth Among Black and White Individuals in Minneapolis.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- A biopsychosocial perspective on maternal parenting in the first two years of infant life.Behavioural brain research · 2021Article
- Acknowledging and Addressing Allostatic Load in Pregnancy Care.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Review
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Abstract
As a biologically-mediated pathway between adversity and declines in physical health, allostatic load has been frequently hypothesized as a potential contributor to racial disparities in birth outcomes, but an empirical evidence is lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between maternal preconception allostatic load, race, and adverse birth outcomes within the context of neighborhood-level poverty using data from the Bogalusa Heart Study. Allostatic load was quantified as a count of regulatory biomarkers falling in the highest risk quartile of the sample distribution as measured from a physical examination that took place prior to conception. Consistent with previous findings, African American women resided in more impoverished neighborhoods and had higher allostatic load scores compared to whites; however, allostatic load was not associated with preterm birth or low birth weight in fully adjusted models. These results underscore a need for further refinement of both biologic and contextual measures that capture holistically the way in which stressful conditions and experiences encountered across the life-course influence health potentials and engender inequities in reproductive health outcomes.
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