Church attendance, allostatic load and mortality in middle aged adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Bruce, Marino A ^a   Martins, David ^b,c   Duru, Kenrik ^c   Beech, Bettina M ^d   Sims, Mario ^e   Harawa, Nina ^b,f   Vargas, Roberto ^c   Kermah, Dulcie ^b   Nicholas, Susanne B ^c   Brown, Arleen ^c   Norris, Keith C ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; AGE; ALGORITHM; ALLOSTASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ALLOSTASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RELIGION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019554859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177618y     Document Type: Article

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