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ArticleInternational journal of endocrinology2026

Comparative Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome, Circadian Syndrome, and Allostatic Load Measures on All-Cause Mortality in U.S. Males and Females.

Shakeel Ahmed, Pallavi Dubey, Randi E Foraker, Alok Kumar Dwivedi

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Shakeel AhmedDepartment of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA, ttuhsc.edu.
Pallavi DubeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA, ttuhsc.edu.
Randi E ForakerDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology, Center for Integrated Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA, missouri.edu.
Alok Kumar DwivediDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology, Center for Integrated Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA, missouri.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-1761

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Background: Metabolic stressors, including metabolic syndrome (MetS), circadian syndrome (CircS), and allostatic load (AL), measure the metabolic and stress-related physiological dysregulations that are associated with the risk of frailty and cardiovascular mortality in the adult population. Aim: To assess the effects of MetS, CircS, and AL on all-cause mortality in U.S. adults by age and sex. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, including 7 cycles (2005-2018). The associations between metabolic stressors and mortality were evaluated using stratified Cox regression analyses. Results: The study included 37434 adults for analysis of CircS and MetS, while 26480 adults were included for AL analysis. All exposures, including CircS (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.29; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-1.42), MetS (HR: 1.09; 95% CI 1.00-1.18), and AL (HR: 1.25; 95% CI 1.11-1.41), were associated with all-cause mortality in the entire cohort. In adjusted analyses, CircS (HR: 1.55; 95% CI 1.34-1.80), MetS (HR: 1.32; 95% CI 1.14-1.53), and AL (HR: 1.44; 95% CI 1.21-1.70) were only associated with all-cause mortality in individuals with age < 70 years. In subgroup analyses by sex, all three exposures were strongly associated with mortality in males as well as in the subgroup of males with age < 70 years. The CircS was found to be a strong marker for all-cause mortality in individuals aged < 70 and in both sexes. Conclusion: The strength of association between CircS and all-cause mortality was stronger than that of MetS and AL, irrespective of sex. Our findings indicate that metabolic biomarkers, specifically CircS, may help refine risk stratification and prognostic evaluation among adults aged less than 70 years.

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all-cause mortalityallostatic loadcircadian syndromemetabolic syndromestratified Cox regression

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