Residential air pollution, greenspace, and adverse mental health outcomes in the U.S. Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution and greenness are environmental determinants of mental health, though existing evidence typically considers each exposure in isolation. We evaluated relationships between co-occurring air pollution and greenspace levels and depression and anxiety. We estimated cross-sectional associations among 9015 Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study participants living in the southeastern U.S. who completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (depression: score ≥ 10) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7 (anxiety: score ≥ 10). Participant residential addresses were linked to annual average concentrations of particulate matter (1 km PM_2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (1 km NO₂), as well as satellite-based greenness (2 km Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)). We used adjusted

SUBMITTER: Werder E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11332601 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature