Effect modification of greenness on temperature-mortality relationship among older adults: A case-crossover study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change exacerbates temperature-related mortality, but effects may vary by geographic characteristics. We hypothesize that higher greenness may mitigate temperature-related mortality, and that the effect may vary in different areas.

Objective

We examined how mortality among older adults in China was associated with temperature for 2000-2014, and how geolocation and residential greenness may modulate this association.

Methods

We used health data from the China Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), and meteorological data from the Global Surface Summary of Day (GSOD) product by National Climate Data Center. We used a case-crossover study design with distributed nonlinear modeling to estimate mortality risks in relation to temperature, and stra

SUBMITTER: Qiu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343965 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature