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MESA
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
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Trial was conducted to examine associations between religiosity and health status across the spectrum of CV health and disease.
Design: cross-sectional
Patients: 5,474
Centers: multicenter
Country: United States
RESULTS: During the mean follow-up of 4.1 years, 152 incident CVD events occurred, including nine CVD deaths, 42 MI, 53 hospitalizations for unstable angina, 11 transient ischemic attacks, 13 cases of congestive HF and 24 strokes. The researchers reported that participants who attended daily religious services were more likely to be obese (adjusted OR=1.57; 95% CI, 1.12-1.72) and less likely to smoke (adjusted OR=0.39; 95% CI, 0.26-0.58) than those who never attended. Similar results were reported for participants with high levels of spirituality and those who practiced frequent prayer or meditation. The researchers did not find consistent patterns of association between measurements of religiosity and the presence or extent of subclinical CVD at baseline as well as between measurements of religiosity and incident CVD events during follow-up.
Published in: Circulation. 2010;121:659-666.
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