Neighborhood Characteristics and Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: the Baltimore Memory Study.

ABSTRACT: Neighborhood greenness has been linked to better cardiovascular health, but little is known about its association with biomarkers related to cardiovascular risk. Adverse neighborhood conditions, such as disorder and socioeconomic disadvantage, are associated with higher cardiovascular biomarker levels, but these relationships may differ in neighborhoods with more greenness. This study evaluated cross-sectional associations of validated measures of neighborhood greenness, disorder, and socioeconomic disadvantage with cardiovascular biomarkers in middle-aged and older adults living in Baltimore City. The sample included 500 adults, aged 57-79 years, enrolled in the Baltimore Memory Study and living in Baltimore City during 2009-2010. Multi-level log-gamma regressions examined associations be

SUBMITTER: Roberts LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature