The effects of greenness exposure on hypertension incidence among Chinese oldest-old: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the oldest-old (those aged over 80 years) are vulnerable to environmental factors and have the highest prevalence of hypertension, studies focusing on greenness exposure and the development of hypertension among them are insufficient. The aim of this study was to explore the association between residential greenness and hypertension in the oldest-old population.

Methods

This cohort study included data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS). The oldest-old were free of hypertension at baseline (2008), and hypertension events were assessed by follow-up surveys in 2011, 2014, and 2018. The one-year averages of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) at 500-m buffer before the interview yea

SUBMITTER: Wensu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature