Katherine Carroll Britt, Augustine C O Boateng, Joshua Sebu, Hayoung Oh, Ruby Lekwauwa, Lauren Massimo, Benjamin Doolittle
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目的:宗教和精神层面与更好的情绪、身体和认知健康有关。然而,人们对其背后的生理机制还不甚了解。我们调查了美国中老年人的宗教和灵性维度与系统性炎症的生物标志物 C 反应蛋白(CRP)水平之间的关系:在这项使用二手数据的描述性纵向研究中,我们使用了广义估计方程(GEE)的比例赔率模型来评估2006年至2014年健康与退休研究中50岁及以上受访者(n = 2,385)的宗教信仰和价值观以及宗教服务出席率与CRP水平之间的关系:结果:在控制年龄、性别、教育程度、婚姻状况、种族、家庭收入以及高血压、糖尿病、癌症和体重指数(BMI)等健康状况的情况下,报告宗教信仰和价值观较高的中老年人的 CRP 水平较低:宗教信仰和价值观与美国中老年人较低的 CRP 水平有关。这项研究加深了人们对宗教和灵性与更好的认知和身体健康(可能通过炎症)之间关系的生物过程的了解。
The association between religious beliefs and values with inflammation among Middle-age and older adults.
Objectives: Dimensions of religion and spirituality are associated with better emotional, physical, and cognitive health. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms are not well known. We investigated the relationship between dimensions of religion and spirituality with levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker of systematic inflammation, in middle-aged and older adults in the United States.Methods: In this descriptive longitudinal study using secondary data, we used proportional odds models of the generalized estimating equation (GEE) to assess the association between religious beliefs and values and religious service attendance with CRP levels from respondents (n = 2,385) aged 50 years and older in the Health and Retirement Study from 2006 to 2014.Results: Middle-aged to older adults who reported higher religious beliefs and values had lower levels of CRP, controlling for age, sex, education, marital status, race, household income, and health, such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer, and body mass index (BMI).Conclusion: Religious beliefs and values are associated with lower CRP levels among middle-aged and older adults in the U.S. This study adds to the understanding of biological processes underlying the relationship between dimensions of religion and spirituality with better cognitive and physical health, potentially through inflammation.
期刊介绍:
Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods.
Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.