TY - JOUR
T1 - Spiritual well-being, religious activity, and the metabolic syndrome
T2 - results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study
AU - Brintz, Carrie E.
AU - Birnbaum-Weitzman, Orit
AU - Llabre, Maria M.
AU - Castañeda, Sheila F.
AU - Daviglus, Martha L.
AU - Gallo, Linda C.
AU - Giachello, Aida L.
AU - Kim, Ryung S.
AU - Lopez, Lenny
AU - Teng, Yanping
AU - Penedo, Frank J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Sociocultural risk and protective factors for developing the metabolic syndrome (MetS), a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), have not been well studied in Hispanics/Latinos residing in the United States (U.S.). Religiosity and/or spirituality (R/S), important aspects of Hispanic/Latino culture, have been inversely associated with CVD and multiple CVD risk factors. Cross-sectional associations between dimensions of R/S and prevalent MetS, and its five individual components were examined using multiple logistic and linear regression, among 3278 U.S., middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latino adults from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Dimensions of R/S were not associated with presence of the MetS. Certain dimensions of Spiritual Well-being (Meaning, Peace, Faith), and frequency of non-organizational religious activity were weakly but significantly associated with one or more MetS components including waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, and systolic blood pressure. R/S variables were not associated with triglycerides, fasting glucose or HDL cholesterol levels. Prospective, longitudinal studies are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of the relationship between R/S and health risk factors in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos.
AB - Sociocultural risk and protective factors for developing the metabolic syndrome (MetS), a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), have not been well studied in Hispanics/Latinos residing in the United States (U.S.). Religiosity and/or spirituality (R/S), important aspects of Hispanic/Latino culture, have been inversely associated with CVD and multiple CVD risk factors. Cross-sectional associations between dimensions of R/S and prevalent MetS, and its five individual components were examined using multiple logistic and linear regression, among 3278 U.S., middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latino adults from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Dimensions of R/S were not associated with presence of the MetS. Certain dimensions of Spiritual Well-being (Meaning, Peace, Faith), and frequency of non-organizational religious activity were weakly but significantly associated with one or more MetS components including waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, and systolic blood pressure. R/S variables were not associated with triglycerides, fasting glucose or HDL cholesterol levels. Prospective, longitudinal studies are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of the relationship between R/S and health risk factors in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos.
KW - Cardiovascular risk
KW - Hispanic/Latino
KW - Metabolic syndrome
KW - Religiosity
KW - Spirituality
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U2 - 10.1007/s10865-017-9858-7
DO - 10.1007/s10865-017-9858-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 28508383
AN - SCOPUS:85019254307
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 40
SP - 902
EP - 912
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 6
ER -