Publication: Religious affiliation and disparities in risk of non-communicable diseases and health behaviours: Findings from the fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey
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2014-01-01
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17441706
17441692
17441692
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2-s2.0-84899510035
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Mahidol University
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Global Public Health. Vol.9, No.4 (2014), 426-435
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Wit Wichaidit, Rassamee Sangthong, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Edward McNeil, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Pattapong Kessomboon, Surasak Taneepanichskul, Panwadee Putwatana, Wichai Aekplakorn Religious affiliation and disparities in risk of non-communicable diseases and health behaviours: Findings from the fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey. Global Public Health. Vol.9, No.4 (2014), 426-435. doi:10.1080/17441692.2014.894549 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/34780
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Religious affiliation and disparities in risk of non-communicable diseases and health behaviours: Findings from the fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey
Abstract
This study aims to compare the health-related behaviours and risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Muslims and non-Muslims in Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country in which Muslims are the second largest religious group. Data from the fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey (NHES IV) conducted in 2009 were used to run multivariate survey logistic regression models with adjustment for age, gender and socio-economic status indicators. Data from 20,450 respondents, of whom 807 (3.9%) were Muslims, were included in the study. Muslims were significantly more likely to have daily consumption of deep-fried food (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.15-1.58) and packaged snacks (adjusted OR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.30-1.86), and have inadequate control of hypercholesterolemia (adjusted OR = 2.95; 95% CI = 1.30-6.68). In conclusion, we found disparity in the majority of risk factors for NCDs between Muslim and non-Muslim Thais. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.