Association between greenery and health indicators in urban patients with symptomatic heart failure: a retrospective cohort study in Lithuania.
| Autor: | Cerkauskaite, Sonata, Kubilius, Raimondas, Dedele, Audrius, Vencloviene, Jone |
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ENVIRONMENTAL health
LEFT heart ventricle STATISTICAL power analysis VASOMOTOR conditioning NATURE HEALTH status indicators VENTRICULAR ejection fraction LEFT heart atrium SPIROMETRY T-test (Statistics) DATA analysis ACADEMIC medical centers MULTIPLE regression analysis SEX distribution SMOKING HEART failure FUNCTIONAL status TREATMENT effectiveness RETROSPECTIVE studies DESCRIPTIVE statistics ERGOMETRY NEAR infrared spectroscopy CHI-squared test AGE distribution LONGITUDINAL method HEART beat ENERGY metabolism METROPOLITAN areas RIGHT heart atrium DIASTOLIC blood pressure STATISTICS SYSTOLIC blood pressure PARTICULATE matter DATA analysis software COMPARATIVE studies OXYGEN consumption ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research; Jul2024, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p2801-2812, 12p |
| Abstrakt: | Urban green spaces benefit physical, mental health, and reduses the risk of cardiovascular disease. A study in Kaunas, Lithuania collected health data from 100 patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) during 2006–2009. Residential greenness was measured by the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). We assessed the impact of greenness on health indicators and on changes in health markers after 6 months. Higher greenness levels based on the NDVI 1-km radius were related to higher mean values of heart rate (HR) and ejection fraction and lower left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic diameter index (LV EDDI), LV end-systolic volume (ESV), left atrium size (LAS), and right atrium size (RAS) at baseline. After 6 months, a decrease in DBP and HR and an improvement in spiroergometric parameters were associated with exposure to high levels of greenness. The long-term rehabilitation group experienced significant changes in spiroergometric indicators. The results confirm that the greenness of the residential environment can improve health indicators in patients with HF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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