Cardiovascular diseases in middle aged and older adults in China: the joint effects and mediation of different types of physical exercise and neighborhood greenness and walkability

Environmental Research

Volumn 167, Issue , 2018, Pages 175-183

  Jia, Xianjie ^a   Yu, Ying ^a   Xia, Wanning ^a   Masri, Shahir ^b   Sami, Mojgan ^b   Hu, Zhixiong ^c   Yu, Zhaoxia ^c   Wu, Jun ^b  

^a BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cardiovascular diseases; Greenness; Older adults; Physical exercise; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; WALKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BALL SPORT; BIKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CLIMBING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREENNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT WALKABILITY SCALE; NORMALIZED ERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; RURAL AREA; SPORT; SUBURBAN AREA; TAI CHI; WALK SCORE INDEX; WALKING; AGED; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL PARK; VERY ELDERLY;

ANHUI; BENGBU; CHINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 85049987219     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.003     Document Type: Article

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