Hill Terrence D, Rote Sunshine M, Ellison Christopher G, Burdette Amy M
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
University of Louisville, USA.
J Aging Health. 2014 Aug;26(5):766-785. doi: 10.1177/0898264314529333. Epub 2014 Apr 14.
This study explores the role of religious attendance across a wide range of biological markers.
The data are drawn from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project to assess continuous and categorical biomarker specifications.
Across specifications, higher levels of attendance are associated with lower levels of pulse rate and overall allostatic load. Depending on the specification, higher levels of attendance are also associated with lower levels of body mass, diastolic blood pressure, C-reactive protein, and Epstein-Barr virus. Attendance is unrelated to dehydroepiandrosterone, systolic blood pressure, and glycosylated hemoglobin across specifications.
The study confirms that religious attendance is associated with healthier biological functioning in later life. Additional research is needed to verify these patterns with other data sources and to test viable mediators of the association between religious attendance and biological risk.
本研究探讨宗教活动参与度在广泛生物标志物中的作用。
数据取自“美国国家社会生活、健康与老龄化项目”，以评估连续性和分类生物标志物指标。
在各项指标中，较高的宗教活动参与度与较低的脉搏率和总体应激负荷水平相关。根据指标不同，较高的宗教活动参与度还与较低的体重、舒张压、C反应蛋白和EB病毒水平相关。在各项指标中，宗教活动参与度与脱氢表雄酮、收缩压和糖化血红蛋白无关。
该研究证实宗教活动参与度与晚年更健康的生物功能相关。需要更多研究以利用其他数据源验证这些模式，并测试宗教活动参与度与生物风险之间关联的可行中介因素。
