BACKGROUND: Limited knowledge of the influence of lifestyle risk factors and religious living on chronic @entity16 exist. Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) do not consume @entity286 , @entity285 , or pork, and many adhere to lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, and Baptists discourage excessive use of @entity285 and @entity286 . OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether the incidence of four common chronic neurological illnesses: @entity303 , @entity195 , @entity191 , and @entity302 in a large cohort of Danish Adventists and Baptists was different compared to the general Danish population. Three of the illnesses are neurodegenerative, whereas @entity302 can occur at any age. METHODS: We compared hospital admission rates for some major @entity16 among members of the Danish Religious Societies Health Study comprising 6,532 SDA and 3,720 Baptists with the general Danish population. Standardized incidence rates (SIR) stratified by sex, age, and calendar time were calculated. RESULTS: SIR of @entity303 or @entity195 was significantly decreased for members of both communities (SDA, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.67-#x2013;0.90 and Baptists, 0.59; 0.47-#x2013;0.73). The SIRs of @entity191 and @entity302 were not significantly different compared to the general population. CONCLUSIONS: We observe reduced incidence for @entity303 or @entity195 in a large cohort of members of two religious communities characterized by lifestyle recommendations. More studies are needed to disentangle the interaction between such lifestyle and other components of the religious belief system.

Chronic Neurodegenerative Illnesses and XXXX in Danish Adventists and Baptists: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

@entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological diseases'] @entity191 :: ('MESH:D010300', 'Disease') :: ["Parkinson's disease"] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy'] @entity195 :: ('MESH:D000544', 'Disease') :: ["Alzheimer's disease"] @entity285 :: ('D000431', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol']
@entity302 :: (MESH:D004827,Disease) :: ['Epilepsy']
