Religious Service Attendance, Religious Coping, and Risk of Hypertension in Women Participating in the Nurses' Health Study II.

In conclusion, religious service attendance was modestly associated with hypertension in an inverse dose-response manner and partially mediated through body mass index. Future research is needed on biological or social reasons for the lower risk of hypertension. PMID: 31595952 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Am J Epidemiol - October 7, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Spence ND, Farvid MS, Warner ET, VanderWeele TJ, Tworoger SS, Argentieri MA, Shields AE Tags: Am J Epidemiol Source Type: research