Are religiosity and prayer use related with multiple behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases in European adults aged 50+ years?
Having received religious education and prayer use were related to the presence of fewer MBRFs in European adults aged 50+ years. These lifestyle factors should be assessed as potential determinants of MBRFs adoption when examining chronic disease development in multicultural populations.
Our results suggest that lactate may be useful as an additional biomarker of inflammatory processes, especially for monitoring the non-cox-inhibitor sensitive cascade.