ArticleBMC public health2021
From urban neighbourhood environments to cognitive health: a cross-sectional analysis of the role of physical activity and sedentary behaviours.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effects of neighborhood built environment on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Long-Term Exposure to Greenspace and Cognitive Function during the Lifespan: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Longitudinal association of community and residential environment with the risk of cognitive impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The mediating role of step counts in the relationship between diverse neighbourhood destinations and older adults' physical function.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- Planetary health and non-communicable diseases-A converging global crisis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe-Related Air Pollution Exposure with Cognitive Decline in the Chicago Health and Aging Project.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Midlife Residential Greenness and Late-Life Cognitive Decline among Nurses' Health Study Participants.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socioeconomic differentials in mental health and cognitive function: the Tromsø Study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2023Article
- Diversity of Studies on Neighborhood Greenspace and Brain Health by Racialized/Ethnic Group and Geographic Region: A Rapid Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Machine learning for the prediction of cognitive impairment in older adults.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Mediating role of walking between perceived and objective walkability and cognitive function in older adults.Health & place · 2023Article
- The neighbourhood environment and profiles of the metabolic syndrome.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
- Machine Learning for Prediction of Cognitive Health in Adults Using Sociodemographic, Neighbourhood Environmental, and Lifestyle Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a dearth of studies on the effects of the neighbourhood environment on adults' cognitive function. We examined how interrelated aspects of the built and natural neighbourhood environment, including air pollution, correlate with adults' cognitive function, and the roles of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in these associations.
methodsWe used data from 4,141 adult urban dwellers who participated in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle 3 study on socio-demographic characteristics, neighbourhood self-selection, physical activity and sedentary behaviours, and cognitive function. Neighbourhood environmental characteristics included population density, intersection density, non-commercial land use mix, and percentages of commercial land, parkland and blue space, all within 1 km residential buffers. We also calculated annual mean concentrations of NO
resultsIn the total effects models, population density and percentage of parkland were positively associated with cognitive function. A positive association of PM
conclusionsIn the context of a low-density country like Australia, denser urban environments with access to parkland may benefit residents' cognitive health by providing opportunities for participation in a diversity of activities. A more fine-grained characterisation of the neighbourhood environment may be necessary to tease out the negative and positive impacts of inter-related characteristics of urban neighbourhood environments on cognitive function.
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