A cross-sectional analysis of the effects of residential greenness on blood pressure in 10-year old children: results from the GINIplus and LISAplus studies

BMC Public Health

Joachim Heinrich⁵  Carl-Peter Bauer¹  Andrea von Berg³  Sibylle Koletzko⁶  Dietrich Berdel³  Dorothea Sugiri⁴  Elaine Fuertes²  Elisabeth Thiering⁷  Iana Markevych⁷ 

[1] Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Munich, Germany;School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, V6T 1Z3 Vancouver, Canada;Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, Pastor-Janßen-Straße 8, 46483 Wesel, Germany;IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstr, 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany;Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Lindwurmstraße 4, 80337 Munich, Germany;Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Lindwurmstraße 4, 80337 Munich, Germany

关键词: Green spaces;    Children;    Blood pressure;    NDVI;    Greenness;   

Others  :  1130507
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-477

 received in 2014-02-26, accepted in 2014-05-14,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

According to Ulrich’s psychoevolutionary theory, contact with green environments mitigates stress by activating the parasympathetic system, (specifically, by decreasing blood pressure (BP)). Experimental studies have confirmed this biological effect. However, greenness effects on BP have not yet been explored using an observational study design. We assessed whether surrounding residential greenness is associated with BP in 10 year-old German children.

Methods

Systolic and diastolic BPs were assessed in 10 year-old children residing in the Munich and Wesel study areas of the German GINIplus and LISAplus birth cohorts. Complete exposure, outcome and covariate data were available for 2,078 children. Residential surrounding greenness was defined as the mean of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values, derived from Landsat 5 TM satellite images, in circular 500-m buffers around current home addresses of participants. Generalized additive models assessed pooled and area-specific associations between BP and residential greenness categorized into area-specific tertiles.

Results

In the pooled adjusted model, the systolic BP of children living at residences with low and moderate greenness was 0.90 ± 0.50 mmHg (p-value = 0.073) and 1.23 ± 0.50 mmHg (p-value = 0.014) higher, respectively, than the systolic BP of children living in areas of high greenness. Similarly, the diastolic BP of children living in areas with low and moderate greenness was 0.80 ± 0.38 mmHg (p-value = 0.033) and 0.96 ± 0.38 mmHg (p-value = 0.011) higher, respectively, than children living in areas with high greenness. These associations were not influenced by environmental stressors (temperature, air pollution, noise annoyance, altitude and urbanisation level). When stratified by study area, associations were significant among children residing in the urbanised Munich area but null for those in the rural Wesel area.

Conclusions

Lower residential greenness was positively associated with higher BP in 10 year-old children living in an urbanised area. Further studies varying in participants’ age, geographical area and urbanisation level are required.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Markevych et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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