| Volunteering and hypertension risk in later life. | |
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PMID: 20971920 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between volunteer activity and hypertension, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, renal failure, and cognitive impairment. METHOD: Employing data from the Health and Retirement Study, we estimated regression models of hypertension status that include volunteer activity and psychosocial and health behavior risk factors for middle-aged and older persons. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses showed volunteers had lower hypertension risk and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure than nonvolunteers and that a threshold effect was present, whereby a modest amount of volunteer time commitment (but not a high amount) was associated with lower risk of hypertension. We did neither find support that psychosocial and health behaviors mediated this relationship nor find support for a moderating effect of volunteering for the relationships among health behaviors and hypertension. DISCUSSION: The results of this study indicate that research is needed to determine what mediates the relationship between volunteering and hypertension. |
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Jeffrey A Burr; Jane Tavares; Jan E Mutchler |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-10-22 |
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Title: Journal of aging and health Volume: 23 ISSN: 0898-2643 ISO Abbreviation: J Aging Health Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-01-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8912686 Medline TA: J Aging Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 24-51 Citation Subset: T |
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University of Massachusetts Boston. Jeffrey.burr@umb.edu. |
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