Urban green space and the risks of dementia and stroke.
Dementia
Neurological health
Residential green space
Stroke
Journal
Environmental research
ISSN: 1096-0953
Titre abrégé: Environ Res
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0147621
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
18
10
2019
revised:
16
03
2020
accepted:
10
04
2020
pubmed:
29
4
2020
medline:
21
11
2020
entrez:
29
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
It is unknown whether urban green space is associated with reduced risk of major neurological conditions, especially dementia and stroke. Retrospective, population-based cohorts were created for each study outcome, including 1.7 and 4.3 million adults in Ontario, Canada for dementia and stroke, respectively. Residential green space was quantified using the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Incidence was ascertained using health administrative data with validated algorithms. Mixed-effects Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios per interquartile range increase in green space exposure. Between 2001 and 2013, 219,013 individuals were diagnosed with dementia and 89,958 had a stroke. The hazard ratio per interquartile range increase in green space was 0.97 (95% CI: 0.96-0.98) for dementia and 0.96 (0.95-0.98) for stroke. Estimates remained generally consistent in sensitivity analyses. Increased exposure to urban green space was associated with reduced incidence of dementia and stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first population-based cohort study to assess these relationships.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32344208
pii: S0013-9351(20)30413-8
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109520
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109520Subventions
Organisme : CIHR
ID : MOP-133463
Pays : Canada
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interests The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.