Compared to non-drinkers, individuals who drink alcohol have a more favorable multisystem physiologic risk score as measured by allostatic load

• Deena Goldwater ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dgoldwater@mednet.ucla.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-9939

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• Arun Karlamangla,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Sharon Stein Merkin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Teresa Seeman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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