Unit of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 9B, 5000, Odense, Denmark.
Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000, Odense, Denmark.
J Relig Health. 2019 Dec;58(6):1925-1937. doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0664-5.
Recent research in religiousness and health suggests that epidemiological forces can have opposed effects. Here we examine two forms of religiousness and their association with disease. We performed a cross-sectional study of 23,864 people aged 50+ included in wave 1 (2004-2005) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and a longitudinal study including people from wave 1, who were followed up during 11 years. Results suggested that taking part in a religious organization was associated with lower odds of heart attack (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.60, 0.90), stroke (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.50, 0.95), and diabetes (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.58, 0.90) and longitudinally associated with lower odds of cancer (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.60, 1.00). Conversely, praying was longitudinally associated with higher odds of heart attack (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.10, 1.48) and high cholesterol (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.00, 1.26). The most religious people had lower odds of stroke, diabetes, and cancer than other respondents, and in the longitudinal model, people who only prayed had higher odds of heart attack than non-religious people. Our findings lend support to the hypothesis that restful religiousness (praying, taking part in a religious organization, and being religiously educated) was associated with lower odds of some diseases, whereas little evidence was present that crisis religiousness (praying only) was associated with higher odds of disease.
最近有关宗教信仰与健康的研究表明，流行病学因素可能会产生相反的影响。在这里，我们研究了两种宗教形式及其与疾病的关系。我们对参加欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查（Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe）的 23864 名 50 岁以上的人进行了横断面研究，这些人都参加了该调查的第一波（2004-2005 年），并对其中的一部分人进行了为期 11 年的纵向研究。结果表明，参加宗教组织与心脏病发作（OR 0.74，95%CI 0.60，0.90）、中风（OR 0.68，95%CI 0.50，0.95）和糖尿病（OR 0.72，95%CI 0.58，0.90）的发病几率较低有关，并且与癌症（OR 0.78，95%CI 0.60，1.00）的发病几率较低也有关。相反，祈祷与心脏病发作（OR 1.27，95%CI 1.10，1.48）和高胆固醇（OR 1.12，95%CI 1.00，1.26）的发病几率较高有关。最虔诚的人比其他受访者中风、糖尿病和癌症的发病几率较低，而在纵向模型中，只祈祷的人比非宗教人士心脏病发作的几率更高。我们的研究结果支持了这样一种假设，即平静的宗教信仰（祈祷、参加宗教组织和接受宗教教育）与某些疾病的发病几率较低有关，而几乎没有证据表明危机宗教信仰（只祈祷）与疾病的发病几率较高有关。
