Long-term exposure to residential greenness and neurodegenerative disease mortality among older adults: a 13-year follow-up cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Living in greener areas is associated with slower cognitive decline and reduced dementia risk among older adults, but the evidence with neurodegenerative disease mortality is scarce. We studied the association between residential surrounding greenness and neurodegenerative disease mortality in older adults.

Methods

We used data from the 2001 Belgian census linked to mortality register data during 2001-2014. We included individuals aged 60 years or older and residing in the five largest Belgian urban areas at baseline (2001). Exposure to residential surrounding greenness was assessed using the 2006 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) within 500-m from residence. We considered all neurodegenerative diseases and four specific outcomes: Alzheimer's disease,

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Loureiro L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9077872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature