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Blood pressure levels were examined with regard to church attendance patterns in a group of white male heads of households who appeared in the 1967–1969 follow-up examination of the Evans County Cardiovascular Epidemiologic Study. A consistent pattern of lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures among frequent church attenders was found compared to that of infrequent attenders which was not due to the effects of age, obesity, cigarette smoking, or socioeconomic status.
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From the Sociological Glossary, Evans County Study, 1967–1969, prepared by Berton H. Kaplan, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514.
At the time, a student in the Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514.
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Graham, T.W., Kaplan, B.H., Cornoni-Huntley, J.C. et al. Frequency of church attendance and blood pressure elevation. J Behav Med 1, 37–43 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846585
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