ArticleJournal of clinical epidemiology2008
Religious education and midlife observance are associated with dementia three decades later in Israeli men.
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- Religiosity/Spirituality and Physiological Markers of Health.Journal of religion and health · 2020Pooled it
- The Association Between Religiosity and Lifelong Cancer Incidence in an Israeli Male Cohort: A Competing Risk Survival Analysis.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Translation and Validation of the Motivation to Change Lifestyle and Health Behaviours for Dementia Risk Reduction (MCLHB-DRR) Questionnaire among the General Israeli Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Religiosity Is Associated with Reduced Risk of All-Cause and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality among Jewish Men.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mini-mental state examination trajectories after age 50 by religious affiliation and practice in Ireland.European journal of ageing · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Four Measures of Religiosity and Cross-National Variations in the Burden of Dementia.Cureus · 2021Article
- Who is informed and who uninformed? Addressing the legal barriers to progress in dementia research and care.Israel journal of health policy research · 2019Article
- Making DEEP Sense of Lifestyle Risk and Resilience.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
- Ethnicity/culture modulates the relationships of the haptoglobin (Hp) 1-1 phenotype with cognitive function in older individuals with type 2 diabetes.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2016Article
- Religion, spirituality, and health: the research and clinical implications.ISRN psychiatry · 2012Article
- Exposure to the Holocaust and World War II concentration camps during late adolescence and adulthood is not associated with increased risk for dementia at old age.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to examine the association of religious education and observance with dementia among participants in the Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease study. STUDY DESIGN AND
settingWe assessed dementia in 1,890 participants among 2,604 survivors of 10,059 participants in the Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease study, a longitudinal investigation of the incidence and risk factors for cardiovascular disease among Jewish male civil servants in Israel. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 651 subjects identified as possibly demented by the Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status.
resultsOf 1,628 subjects included in this analysis (mean age 82 at assessment), 308 (18.9%) had dementia. The prevalence rates of dementia (and odds ratios (ORs) relative to those with exclusively religious education, adjusted for age, area of birth, and socioeconomic status) were 27.1% for those with exclusively religious education, 12.6% (OR=0.49) for those with mixed education, and 16.1% (OR=0.76) for those with secular education. For religious self-definition and practice, the prevalence rates were 9.7%, 17.7%, 14.1%, 19.3%, and 28.8% for categories from least to most religious (ORs relative to the most religious: 0.43, 0.67, 0.48, 0.55).
conclusionsExamining lifestyles associated with religiosity might shed light onto environmental risks for dementia. Mechanisms underlying these associations remain elusive.
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