Association between neighbourhood green space and biological markers in school-aged children. Findings from the Generation XXI birth cohort

Environment International
Ana Isabel RibeiroHenrique Barros

Abstract

There is considerable literature on the psychological and behavioural benefits of green space. However, less is known about its health-promoting effects, as expressed on biological markers. Additionally, incorporating biomarkers into pediatric research may help elucidate the links between exposures to environmental stressors and lifelong health. To measure the association between geographical accessibility to green spaces and allostatic load (AL), a measure of biological multi-system dysregulation. We used data from 3108 7-year old children enrolled in Generation XXI, a population-based birth cohort from the Porto Metropolitan Area (Portugal). We computed an AL index based on seven biomarkers representing four regulatory systems: immune/inflammatory system (high sensitivity C-reactive protein); metabolic system (high density lipoprotein; total cholesterol; glycated hemoglobin; waist-hip ratio) and cardiovascular system (systolic and diastolic blood pressure). Accessibility to green spaces was calculated using a Geographic Information System and crude and adjusted associations were estimated using mixed-effects regression models. Among the 3108 children (51.7% male; mean age 87.3 months), the mean AL index was 0.00 (standard dev...Continue Reading

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Nov 14, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Sebastian A SrugoPaul J Villeneuve
Oct 26, 2020·Environment International·Charline WarembourgMartine Vrijheid
Mar 11, 2021·Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science·Josca Van Houwelingen-SnippeThomas J L Van Rompay
Aug 27, 2021·Environmental Research·Angel M DzhambovJohannes Rüdisser
Nov 27, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Diogo Queiroz AlmeidaAna Isabel Ribeiro
Oct 1, 2021·Pediatrics·Amber L Fyfe-JohnsonPooja S Tandon

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