Effect of Religion on Hypertension in Adult Buddhists and Residents in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
By Qingtao Meng, Ying Xu, Rui Shi, Xin Zhang, Si Wang and others
10 pagesThe hypertensive risk of the Tibetan Buddhists is significantly decreased by 38% than Tibetan residents. As a Buddhist behavior, vegetarian diet highly approximates to be protective for Tibetan hypertension. As another Buddhist behavior, longer Buddhist activity participation time is associated with decreased prevalence of hypertension as well as lower blood pressure by analyzing subgroup of 570 Buddhists.