Assessing associations between residential proximity to greenspace and birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residential proximity to greenspace is associated with various health outcomes.

Objectives

We estimated associations between maternal residential proximity to greenspace (based on an index of vegetation) and selected structural birth defects, including effect modification by neighborhood-level factors.

Methods

Data were from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (1997-2011) and included 19,065 infants with at least one eligible birth defect (cases) and 8925 without birth defects (controls) from eight Centers throughout the United States. Maternal participants reported their addresses throughout pregnancy. Each address was systematically geocoded and residences around conception were linked to greenspace, US Census, and US Department of Agriculture dat

SUBMITTER: Weber KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10353702 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature