| Objective: To investigate the morbidity of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and anemia in ordinary people and Christian, thus to find out the influential factors of the Christian and ordinary people's health condition. The purpose of the study is to provide scientific basis for researching the relationship between religion and health and scientific basis for establishing the correct religious values and healthy life style.Methods: 763 adults, including 485 ordinary people and 278 Christians, were randomly selected from rural areas of Shijiazhuang to do centralized physical examination and questionnaires. The data was established as a database of Epi Data and analyzed with SPSS13.0 software. Statistical analysis was performed by chi-square test, Logistic regression analysis and analysis of covariance.Results:1 Basic information: To investigate 763 adults who from Shijiazhuang countries in total, including 485 ordinary people which consisted of 180 males with the average age of 46.3±12.1, and 305 females, with the average age of 47.2±15.1 years;In ordinary people, farmers accounted for 86.8%, whose level of education was junior high school accounted for 47.0%, those who were married accounted for 90.1%, those who were in the middling standard level accounted for 83.5%, and those who had the genetic history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and high blood sugar accounted for 20.0%, 12.8% and 7.0% respectively. 278 Christians which were consisted of 55 male and 223 female.The average age of male and female was 45.6±11.7 years and 48.3±10.7. In Christians, farmers accounted for 75.5%, whose level of education was junior high school accounted for 43.2%, those who married accounted for 84.2%, those who were in the middling standard level accounted for 75.2%, and those who had the genetic history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and high blood sugar accounted for 23.7%, 15.8% and 8.6% respectively, and the average religious time was 6.7±6.0 years. The followers who got religious spontaneously account for 43.9%, those who participate in meeting weekly account for 87.1%, those who prayed everyday account for 32.0%, and those who could abide by the teachings strictly account for 43.5%. 2 Physical activity, tobacco and alcohol exposure condition: Physical activity survey: amony ordinary people who engaged in physical activity regularly every week, male exercisers accounted for 41.8%, females accounted for 22.0%; the proportions in the Christian by gender were 36.7% and 24.2%. Tobacco and alcohol exposure: among ordinary males, the smoking rate was 69.4%. The rate of stopping smoking was 10.6%.The proportions in the male Christian by gender were 7.3% and 22.1%; among ordinary females and Christian females the smoking rate was 0%. Among ordinary males, the alcohol consumption rate was 67.7%, stopping alcohol rate was 6.7%; the proportions in the male Christian by turn were 3.6% and 45.5%; among ordinary females, the alcohol consumption rate was 1.7%, the rate of stopping alcohol was 2.3%. but the rate in Christian females was 0%.3 Nutrient status:Food selection:In the diet attitudes of common people, 94.8% of them pay attention to nutrition. During the past two weeks, the consumption of poultry(≥3 times per week), fish(≥1 time per week), milk(≥1 time per week), soy products(≥1 time per week), vegetables(≥250g per day) and fruit(≥1 time per day), in turn, were 47.2%, 1.4%, 0.4%, 33.1%, 82.9%, 40.6%. 96.9% of the Christians pay attention to the food nutrition. Nearly two weeks, the consumption of poultry(≥3 times per week), fis≥(1 time per week h), milk(≥1 time per week), vegetables(≥250g per day) and fruit(≥1 time per day) were as follows: poultry accounted for 1.8%, dairy and fish accounted for 0.4% and 1.0%.,soy products for 61.8%, vegetables for 85.3% and fruits for 30.2%. Nutrient supplements: in ordinary people, the consumption in calcium was 8.3%,vitamins 1.7%, multi-nutrient replenisher 3.4%, in christian, the consumption in calcium, in vitamins was 4.3%,5.6%.4 Influence of religion on the morbidity of blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar and anemia:In religious men and non-believers men:,there was no statistically significant difference on the prevalence of high cholesterol, high blood sugar and anemia (P>0.05).The prevalence rates of religious women with hypertension and hyperlipidemia were lower than non-religious women, this difference was significant (P<0.05), there was no significant difference in high blood sugar and anemia prevalence (P>0.05).5 Influence of gender on blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and anemia:In christians, men and women, the gender difference was not significant on high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and anemia prevalence rates(P>0.05). In common people, hypertension and hyperlipidemia rates of women were higher than men, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), the rates of high blood sugar and the prevalence of anemia have no significant differences between women and men (P>0.05).6 Influence of age factor on high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, anemia : Male christians and male common people, at the 18-year-old group,46-year-old group,and 60-year-old group, there was no significant difference on hypertension, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and anemia prevalence (P>0.05), the morbidity of hypertension and high cholesterol of 18-year-old group in ordinary women were higher than christian women, the difference was significant (P<0.05).The morbidity rate of hypertension and hyperlipidemia of ordinary women in 46-year-old group were higher than christian women, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), the rate of hypertension of common women in 60-year-old group was higher than christian women, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).7 Multi-factor analysis of related risk factors of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar:For gender, age, educational level, family history, religion and other factors, non-conditional Logistic regression model was established to multivariate analyze, we show that family history, smoking, intake of animal fat will increase the morbidity of hypertension opportunities; sex, religion, physical activity will be the protective factors of morbidity of high lipid; age, family history, BMI will be the risk factors of high morbidity of lipid; age, family history, intake of animal fat, BMI will be the risk factors of morbidity of high blood sugar.8 Influence of Christian religious practice on the health:Religious time had significant differences on DBP, TC, LDL-C levels of each group (P<0. 05), the longer of seniority, the lower of the mean levels of SBP TC, LDL-C. Prayer frequency had statistically significant differences on TC, LDL-C among each group (P<0.05), meeting frequency, meeting time, doctrine comply had no statistically significant difference on SBP, DBP, TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, blood glucose, hemoglobin (P>0.05).Conclusion:1 Religious beliefs may reduce high blood pressure and the prevalence of high blood lipids of women.2 Religious beliefs could help people to develop a healthy lifestyle.3 Family history, smoking and the intake of animal fat will increase the incidence of high blood pressure.4 Sex, religion, physical activity are protective factors to the incidence of hyperlipidemia; instead, age, family history and BMI are risk factors.5 Age, family history, intake of animal fat, BMI are risk factors for high blood sugar.6 Seniority has a positive effect on the mean level of DBP, TC, LDL-C, and prayer frequency has a positive effect on the mean level of TC, LDL-C. |
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