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FIGURE 12.5: How allostatic load relates to scores on executive function tests in over a thousand U.S. adults with an average age in their late fifties: This chart shows concretely that body deterioration (measured by allostatic load score) is intimately tied to cognitive functioning in midlife (not just over age 65).
Data from: Karlamangla and others, 2014, p. 391.