Organizational Religious Activity, Hypertension, and Sexual Orientation: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample
| Autor: | Aaron J. Blashill, Kalina M. Lamb, Kelsey A. Nogg, Benjamin M. Rooney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Religion and Psychology medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Sexual Behavior Population Blood Pressure Prehypertension Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine education General Psychology education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public health Attendance Religion Sexual minority Psychiatry and Mental health Blood pressure Hypertension Sexual orientation Female 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 52:930-940 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4796 0883-6612 |
| Popis: | Background Hypertension is a major public health concern, given prevalence and morbidity. Among the general population, greater religious attendance is associated with lower blood pressure (BP). However, no known studies have examined the association between religious attendance and BP among sexual minorities. Purpose To examine the association between BP/hypertension and organizational religious activity as a function of sexual orientation. Methods Data were utilized from Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), a publicly available, U.S. nationally representative data set. Of the 4,874 individuals included in analyses, 366 participants were identified as a sexual minority. An organizational religious activity variable was created by summing responses of two separate items. BP was measured as systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Increasing levels of clinical severity of hypertension were also examined. Relevant covariates were controlled for in two separate models. Significant interactions between religious attendance and sexual orientation were explored in simple slope analyses. Results Overall, results indicated that sexual orientation moderated the association between organizational religious activity, and BP/hypertension. Crossover interactions were present for the dependent variables SBP, DBP, and prehypertension and higher (prehypertension, and hypertension 1 and 2). Generally, a negative association between organizational religious activity and hypertension was revealed among the heterosexual group, whereas a positive association was found among the sexual minority group. Conclusions Organizational religious activity is differentially associated with BP/hypertension among sexual minority versus heterosexual individuals. Organizational religious activity may represent a risk factor for hypertension among sexual minority individuals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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