In a recent study published in Circulation , researchers investigated the effects of socioeconomic position and race on the link between closeness to urban green and blue areas and cardiovascular health. Study: Associations of Urban Blue and Green Spaces With Coronary Artery Calcification in Black Individuals and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods . Image Credit: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.
com Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a worldwide health problem with racial health inequalities. Individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and face higher mortality rates. Societal factors, such as lower socioeconomic status and living in underserved communities, contribute to these health disparities.
Exposure to blue areas, such as rivers and green areas, such as parks, is linked to various health outcomes and CVD risk factors. Understanding the possible contribution of these regions to CVD development in early and midlife might aid in targeting strategies to lessen the CVD burden. In the present longitudinal study, researchers investigated whether the correlations between green and blue spaces and cardiovascular health differ by social determinants of health, such as socioeconomic status (SES) and race.
Researchers investigated the relationship between metropolitan green and blue spaces and coronary artery calcification (CAC) development in middle-aged adults in four cities in the United States (Birmingham, Chicago, Minnea.
