Association between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in women: Testing the reserve capacity model.

Low socioeconomic status (SES) environments may impede the development of a bank of resources, labeled reserve capacity, and may also be stressful, thereby depleting available reserves. In consequence, lower SES persons may experience more negative emotions, leading to adverse health consequences. The authors tested the reserve capacity model in relation to the metabolic syndrome.There were 401 initially healthy women who followed longitudinally...