Residential surrounding greenness is associated with improved lung function in adults: a cross-sectional study in eastern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While benefits of greenness exposure to health have been reported, findings specific to lung function are inconsistent. The purpose of this study is to assess the correlations of greenness exposure with multiple lung function indicators based on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) monitoring database from multiple cities of Anhui province in China.

Methods

We assessed the greenness using the annual average of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with a distance of 1000-meter buffer around each local community or village. Three types of lung function indicators were considered, namely indicators of obstructive ventilatory dysfunction (FVC, FEV₁, FEV₁/FVC, and FEV₁/FEV₃); an indicator of large-airway dysf

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature