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ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2025

Religious affiliations, religious practices, and health behaviors in US South Asians.

Samuel Stroope, Blake Victor Kent, Alka M Kanaya, Nilay S Shah, Alexandra E Shields

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Samuel StroopeDepartment of Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-5319
Blake Victor KentDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0782-9041
Alka M KanayaDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8903-1457
Nilay S ShahDepartments of Medicine (Cardiology), Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology), and Medical Social Sciences (Determinants of Health), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States.
Alexandra E ShieldsMassachusetts General Hospital Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.

Funding

UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in AmericaR01HL093009 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2010 to 2018
$5.4M
John Templeton Foundation and the Study on StressNCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093009Spirituality, and Health 1R01HL093009Spirituality, and Health 2R01HL093009Spirituality, and Health P30DK098722Spirituality, and Health R01HL120725Spirituality, and Health UL1RR024131Spirituality, and Health UL1TR001872
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Abstract

objectivesThis study examined how religious affiliations and religious practices are related to health behaviors and clinical health behavior-related outcomes in US South Asians, an under-researched group.

designA novel religion/spirituality questionnaire was used in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis Among South Asians Living in America study (N = 983), the most comprehensive population-based health study of US South Asians. Analyses relied on covariate-adjusted multiple regression.

resultsReligious attendance was associated with higher ideal diet scores and lower alcohol use. Group prayer was associated with lower physical activity. Solitary prayer was associated with lower ideal body mass index (BMI) scores. Scripture reading was associated with higher ideal BMI scores and lower alcohol use. Yoga was associated with higher Life's Essential 8 (LE8) scores, higher ideal diet, higher physical activity, higher ideal smoking scores, higher ideal BMI scores, and lower alcohol use. Hindu/Jain affiliation was associated with higher ideal diet, and Muslim affiliation with lower LE8, lower ideal diet, lower physical activity, and less alcohol use. Sikh affiliation was associated with lower ideal BMI scores and more alcohol use.

conclusionsThis study advanced understanding of the role of religious affiliations and practices in health behaviors and related clinical outcomes in US South Asians. Results highlighted yoga and religious attendance as particularly important topics for future study. Religious affiliation results suggest that among US South Asians, nonaffiliates, Muslims, and Sikhs may be populations in need of scholarly and programmatic attention regarding particular health behavior and clinical outcomes.

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Health BehaviorReligionSpiritualityAdultAgedAlcohol DrinkingAsianBody Mass IndexDietExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSouth Asian PeopleUnited StatesAsian Americancardiovascular healthhealth behaviorsreligionSouth Asianyoga

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PMID40795088
PMCPMC13366272

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