ArticleHealth & place2023
Neighborhood greenspace and cognition: The cardiovascular health study.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between green space exposure and elderly health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of neighborhood built environment on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Greenspace exposure and associated health outcomes: a systematic review of reviews.F1000Research · 2024Pooled it
- Precision residential greenspace, urban environmental exposures, and incident dementia among older adults in Sweden: A 16-year cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Streetview greenspace types and dementia risk in older adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Driving the neural exposome: Latent mobility states from naturalistic GPS data in older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Childhood Opportunity Index 2.0 and Cognition via the NIH Toolbox.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
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- Social determinants of dementia: A scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Impact of Different Greenspace Metrics on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Urban Settings: A Comparative Analysis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Social determinants of health and mild cognitive impairment in a diverse community sample.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Neighborhood physical activity facilities predict risk of incident mixed and vascular dementia: The Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Why Your Brain Needs a Walk in the Park: Residential Greenspaces as the Next Frontier in Brain Research and Treatment.Annals of neurosciences · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional associations between neighborhood characteristics, cognition and dementia risk factor burden in middle-aged and older Australians.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Spatial scale effects on associations between built environment and cognitive function: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Health & place · 2024Article
- Green spaces and the impact on cognitive frailty: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined whether greenspace measures (overall percent greenspace and forest, and number of greenspace types) were associated with clinically adjudicated dementia status.
methodsIn a sample of non-demented older adults (n = 2141, average age = 75.3 years) from the Cardiovascular Health and Cognition Study, Cox proportional hazard and logistic regression analyses were used to estimate associations of baseline greenspace with risks of incident dementia and MCI, respectively, while adjusting for demographics, co-morbidities, and other neighborhood factors. We derived quartiles of percent greenness (greenspace), forest (percent tree canopy cover), and tertiles of greenspace diversity (number of greenspace types) for 5-km radial buffers around participant's residences at study entry (1989-1990) from the 1992 National Land Cover Dataset. Dementia status and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) over 10 years was clinically adjudicated.
resultsWe observed no significant association between overall percent greenspace and risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia and mostly null results for forest and greenspace diversity. Forest greenspace was associated with lower odds of MCI (OR quartile 4 versus 1: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.29-0.98) and greenspace diversity was associated with lower hazard of incident dementia (HR tertile 2 versus 1: 0.70, 95% CI = 0.50-0.99). DISCUSSION: We found divergent results for different types of greenspace and mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Improved greenspace type and diversity measurement could better characterize the association between greenspace and cognition.
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