Burden of Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Incident Cardiovascular Events Across Dimensions of Religiosity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Matthew J. Feinstein,
Kiang Liu,
Hongyan Ning,
George Fitchett,
Donald M. LloydJones
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.879973
Subject(s) - medicine , religiosity , subclinical infection , odds ratio , demography , confidence interval , ethnic group , cross sectional study , disease , gerontology , psychology , pathology , social psychology , sociology , anthropology
Religious involvement has been associated with improved health practices and outcomes; however, no ethnically diverse community-based study has examined differences in cardiac risk factors, subclinical cardiovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events across levels of religiosity.
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