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Children living in areas with more street trees have lower prevalence of asthma
Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 62(7), pp 647-649
01 Jul 2008
PMID: 18450765
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Abstract
Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high prevalence in poor urban communities.
Methods: Data on the prevalence of asthma among children aged 4-5 years and on hospitalisations for asthma among children less than 15 years old were available for 42 health service catchment areas within New York City. Street tree counts were provided by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The proximity to pollution sources, sociodemographic characteristics and population density for each area were also measured.
Results: Controlling for potential confounders, an increase in tree density of 1 standard deviation (SD, 343 trees/km(2)) was associated with a lower prevalence of asthma (RR, 0.71 per SD of tree density; 95% CI, 0.64 to 0.79), but not with hospitalisations for asthma ( RR, 0.89 per SD of tree density; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.06).
Conclusions: Street trees were associated with a lower prevalence of early childhood asthma. This study does not permit inference that trees are causally related to asthma at the individual level. The PlaNYC sustainability initiative, which includes a commitment to plant one million trees by the year 2017, offers an opportunity for a large prospective evaluation.
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- Title
- Children living in areas with more street trees have lower prevalence of asthma
- Creators
- G. S. Lovasi - Columbia UniversityJ. W. Quinn - Columbia UniversityK. M. Neckerman - Columbia UniversityM. S. Perzanowski - Columbia UniversityA. Rundle - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), v 62(7), pp 647-649
- Publisher
- Bmj Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- K01 HD067390 / NICHD NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) R01ES014229 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) R01 ES014229; R01-ES014229 / NIEHS NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) K01HD067390 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000256807600015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-46949085175
- Other Identifier
- 991020111604804721
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