Associations of Urban Environment Features with Hypertension and Blood Pressure across 230 Latin American Cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Features of the urban physical environment may be linked to the development of high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for global burden of disease.

Objectives

We examined associations of urban physical environment features with hypertension and blood pressure measures in adults across 230 Latin American cities.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study we used health, social, and built environment data from the SALud URBana en América Latina (SALURBAL) project. The individual-level outcomes were hypertension and levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The exposures were city and subcity built environment features, mass transit infrastructure, and green space. Odds ratios (ORs) and mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated u

SUBMITTER: Avila-Palencia I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature