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ArticleScience advances2023

Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status.

Kyeezu Kim, Brian T Joyce, Drew R Nannini, Yinan Zheng, Penny Gordon-Larsen, James M Shikany, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Ming Hu, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Douglas E Vaughan and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Kyeezu KimDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9094-9011
Brian T JoyceDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5271-6161
Drew R NanniniDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2333-7920
Yinan ZhengDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2006-7320
Penny Gordon-LarsenDepartment of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5322-4188
James M ShikanyDivision of Preventive Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Donald M Lloyd-JonesDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0847-6110
Ming HuSchool of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2583-1161
Mark J NieuwenhuijsenInstitute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.
Douglas E VaughanDepartment of Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8407-6613
Kai ZhangDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0393-5955
Lifang HouDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4877-0031
Northwestern University · USAlbany State University · USUniversitat Pompeu Fabra · ESUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Notre Dame · US

Funding

Blood mitochondrial DNA biomarkers of midlife cognitive decline and adverse brain imaging changes - A longitudinal investigation in the CARDIA population‐based cohort studyR01AG069120 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI HOU, LIFANG, YAFFE, KRISTINE · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Obesity and Metabolic Risk Disparities: Underlying Food Environment FactorsR01HL104580 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GORDON-LARSEN, PENNY · 2010 to 2014
$2.2M
Epigenomic landscape of individual- and neighborhood-level social disadvantages and cardiovascular health disparityR01AG081244 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI HOU, LIFANG, LIU, LEI · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Environmental Changes and Health Outcomes across 25 Years: Four US CitiesR01HL114091 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GORDON-LARSEN, PENNY · 2011 to 2014
$2.1M
Diet, Activity, Obesity &The Built Environment DynamicsR01CA121152 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POPKIN, BARRY M · 2005 to 2009
$1.4M
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6 · The paper itself

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 [β

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Residence CharacteristicsSocial ClassAgingEpigenesis, GeneticHumansSocioeconomic Factors

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