Association between exposure to greenspace and ECG abnormalities in China: a nationwide longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Greenspace is an important modifiable environmental factor that is associated with health and well-being. Although previous research has shown that exposure to greenspace is beneficial for cardiovascular diseases, studies have rarely focused on early subclinical health outcomes such as electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormality.

Methods

We developed a longitudinal study using data from the China National Stroke Screening Survey (2013-2019). Monthly exposure to greenspace was assessed by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values. ECG abnormality was diagnosed by physicians based on the results of the 12-lead electrocardiogram. We used fixed-effects logistic regression with participant-specific intercepts to estimate the association between exposure to green

SUBMITTER: Pan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494809 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature