Associations Between Residential Greenspace, Socioeconomic Status, and Stroke: A Matched Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies have shown increased residential greenspace is associated with improved outcome following stroke. This study sought to determine if residential greenspace is an independent stroke risk factor.

Methods

A retrospective 1:4 matched case-control study involving 1174 stroke and 4696 control patients over a 3-year period from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, was conducted. Greenspace was determined using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for a 250-meter radius surrounding a subject's residence. The area deprivation index (ADI) for the census block tract of a subject's residence was obtained from the Neighborhood Atlas^® (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health). Relationship between greenspace, ADI, and stroke was determined u

SUBMITTER: Cheruvalath H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022714 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature