Inequalities in Urban Greenness and Epigenetic Aging: Different Associations by Race and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status

Citation

Kim, Kyeezu; Joyce, Brian T.; Nannini, Drew R.; Zheng, Yinan; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; Shikany, James M.; Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.; Hu, Ming; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; & Vaughan, Douglas E., et al. (2023). Inequalities in Urban Greenness and Epigenetic Aging: Different Associations by Race and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status. Science Advances, 9(26), eadf8140. PMCID: PMC10306284

Abstract

Slower epigenetic aging is associated with exposure to green space (greenness); however, the longitudinal relationship has not been well studied, particularly in minority groups. We investigated the association between 20-year exposure to greenness [Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)] and epigenetic aging in a large, biracial (Black/white), U.S. urban cohort. Using generalized estimating equations adjusted for individual and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics, greater greenness was associated with slower epigenetic aging. Black participants had less surrounding greenness and an attenuated association between greenness and epigenetic aging [

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf8140

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2023

Journal Title

Science Advances

Author(s)

Kim, Kyeezu
Joyce, Brian T.
Nannini, Drew R.
Zheng, Yinan
Gordon-Larsen, Penny
Shikany, James M.
Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
Hu, Ming
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Vaughan, Douglas E.
Zhang, Kai
Hou, Lifang

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC10306284

Data Set/Study

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Continent/Country

United States

State

Nonspecific

Race/Ethnicity

Black
White

ORCiD

Gordon-Larsen - 0000-0001-5322-4188