A cohort study found that earlier and longer Seventh-day Adventist church membership was associated with reduced male mortality

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Heuch, Ivar ^a   Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^b   Fraser, Gary E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collinearity; Cox model; Lifestyle changes; Non hierarchical modeling; Seventh day Adventists; Time dependent factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTESTANTISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11844249367     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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