ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2021
Greenness Surrounding Schools and Visual Impairment in Chinese Children and Adolescents.
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- The relationship between green space and myopia in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Real-world evidence on childhood refractive errors in a developed coastal region of China: a multi-center analysis of 4.47 million school-based screening encounters in Southern Fujian.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prenatal greenness exposure and the decreased risk of low birthweight and small for gestational age: modification and mediation effects of air pollution.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence rate of perceived gender discrimination and its associations with suicide behaviors in Chinese adolescents: the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Residential greenness, air pollution and visual impairment: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic disparities and green space associated with myopia among Chinese school-aged students: A population-based cohort study.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Effects of Greenness on Myopia Risk and School-Level Myopia Prevalence Among High School-Aged Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- The effects of green space and physical activity on muscle strength: a national cross-sectional survey with 128,759 Chinese adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Residential greenness is associated with disease severity among COVID-19 patients aged over 45 years in Wuhan, China.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence concerning the effects of greenness on childhood visual impairment is scarce.
objectivesWe aimed to assess whether greenness surrounding schools was associated with visual impairment prevalence and visual acuity levels in Chinese schoolchildren and whether the associations might be explained by reduced air pollution.
methodsIn September 2013, we recruited 61,995 children and adolescents 6-18 years of age from 94 schools in seven provinces/municipalities in China. Greenness exposure was assessed using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) from July to August 2013. Visual impairment was defined as at least one visual acuity level (dimensionless) lower than 4.9 (Snellen 5/6 equivalent). Three-year annual averages of particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter of
resultsIn the adjusted model, an interquartile range increase in DISCUSSION: These findings suggest higher greenness surrounding schools might reduce the risk of visual impairment, possibly owing in part to lower
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