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Religious Service Attendance and Allostatic Load Among High-Functioning Elderly

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Maselko, Joanna, Kubzansky, Laura, Kawachi, Ichiro, Seeman, Teresa, Berkman, Lisa·2007·Psychosomatic Medicine
DOI 10.1097/psy.0b013e31806c7c57
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between frequency of religious service attendance and an index of cumulative physiological dysregulation as measured by allostatic load (AL) (systolic and diastolic blood pressure, waist/hip ratio, high-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, cortisol, serum dihydroepiandrosterone sulfate, norepinephrine, and epinephrine). There is growing empirical evidence of a positive relationship between religious engagement and better clinical health outcomes. However, studies exploring the subclinical levels of physiological dysregulation are rare; hence, the physiological processes underpinning the religion-health relationship are not well understood. METHODS: In 1988, 853 participants from the MacArthur Successful Aging Study provided information on the frequency of religious service attendance as well as blood and urine samples needed to obtain measures for a ten-item cumulative AL index. Gender-stratified multivariate linear regression models were used to estimate the direction and magnitude of the association between weekly religious service attendance and AL. RESULTS: At least weekly religious service attendance was associated with lower AL levels among women (b = -0.47; p < .01), but not among men (b = 0.02; p = .88) in models that statistically controlled for age, income, education, marital status, and level of physical functioning. This relationship could not be attributed to the association between religious attendance and any one or two of the components of the AL index. It also was not explained by either higher physical functioning or social integration. CONCLUSION: Cumulative physiological dysregulation may be one mechanism through which religious engagement may influence a diverse range of clinically relevant health outcomes.

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Authors
Maselko, J., Kubzansky, L., Kawachi, I., Seeman, T., & Berkman, L.
Affiliations
  • Temple University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Maselko, Joanna
ORCID
Venue
Psychosomatic Medicine
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2007-06
Volume
69
Issue
5
Pages
464-472
ISSN
0033-3174 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/psy.0b013e31806c7c57
OpenAlex
W2042594728
Cited by
124
References
52
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Psychosomatic Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-17119, T32MH017119)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
religious service attendance, allostatic load, religious involvement, physiological dysregulation, successful aging, older adults, sex differences, cortisol, blood pressure, cholesterol, HbA1c, norepinephrine, epinephrine, physical function, social integration
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Female, Health Status, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Lipids, Male, Cohort Studies, Spirituality, Waist-Hip Ratio

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