Residential exposure to natural outdoor environments and general health among older adults in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Exposure to natural outdoor environments (NOE) has been shown to be beneficial to older adults' health and functioning, yet this assertion has rarely been tested in China. We investigated the relationships between exposure to NOE and older adults' self-rated health in Shanghai, China and examined whether these relationships varied by sex, age, education and hukou status. METHOD:This cross-sectional study used micro-data sample of the 2010 Shanghai population census, including 7962 older adults nested within 3345 neighbourhoods. Self-rated health was the outcome variable. Four NOE exposure indicators were calculated for each neighbourhood: the amount of surrounding greenness/blueness and proximity to large green/blue spaces. Multilevel logistic regression was employed to explore

SUBMITTER: Huang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature