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Community greenness, blood pressure, and hypertension in urban dwellers: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study

BACKGROUND: Living in greener areas has many health benefits, but evidence concerning the effects on blood pressure remains mixed. We sought to assess associations between community greenness and both blood pressure and hypertension in Chinese urban dwellers, and whether the associations were mediated by air pollution, body mass index, and physical activity. METHODS: We analyzed data from 24,845 adults participating in the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study, which was conducted in Northeastern China during 2009. We measured each participant's blood pressure according to a standardized protocol. We assessed community greenness using two satellite-derived vegetation indexes - the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI). Particulate matter
  • Yang, B. Y.
  • Markevych, I.
  • Bloom, M. S.
  • Heinrich, J.
  • Guo, Y.
  • Morawska, L.
  • Dharmage, S. C.
  • Knibbs, L. D.
  • Jalaludin, B.
  • Jalava, P.
  • Zeng, X. W.
  • Hu, L. W.
  • Liu, K. K.
  • Dong, G. H.
  • Keywords

    • *Adiposity
    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Air Pollution/*analysis
    • *Blood Pressure
    • China/epidemiology
    • *Environment
    • *Exercise
    • Female
    • Humans
    • Hypertension/*epidemiology
    • Linear Models
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Prevalence
    • Young Adult
    • *Chinese adults
    • *Cross-sectional study
    • *Greenness
    • *Hypertension
    • *Mediation
    Publication details
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.068
    Journal: Environment international
    Pages: 727-734 
    Work Type: Original
    Location: CPC-M
    Disease Area: General Lung and Other
    Partner / Member: HMGU, LMU
    Access-Number: 30878868
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