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Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan
Green spaces have benefits but may also increase the risk of allergic disease. This study examined the association between the first occurrence of asthma and greenness exposure in children and teenagers. We conducted a 1:1 matched case-control study matched by sex, age, and the first diagnosis year...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31212779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122076 |
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author | Hsieh, Chia-Jung Yu, Pei-Ying Tai, Chun-Ju Jan, Rong-Hwa Wen, Tzai-Hung Lin, Shyang-Woei Tseng, Chun-Chieh |
author_facet | Hsieh, Chia-Jung Yu, Pei-Ying Tai, Chun-Ju Jan, Rong-Hwa Wen, Tzai-Hung Lin, Shyang-Woei Tseng, Chun-Chieh |
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description | Green spaces have benefits but may also increase the risk of allergic disease. This study examined the association between the first occurrence of asthma and greenness exposure in children and teenagers. We conducted a 1:1 matched case-control study matched by sex, age, and the first diagnosis year with 7040 eligible subjects from a systematic sampling cohort database in Taiwan from 2001 to 2013. A normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) value ≥0.4 was used as the criterion to determine the green space. The green cover images were then transformed to the green coverage rate in the township surrounding the residential areas of the asthma and control subjects. Conditional logistic regression analyses demonstrated that a significantly increased risk of asthma in preschool children was associated with the surrounding greenness after adjusting for urbanization level, frequency of healthcare provider visits, mean township family income, CO, NO(x), and PM(2.5). The risk of asthma occurrence increased significantly with increasing greenness exposure (p-trend < 0.05). Nevertheless, exposure to the highest greenness levels (81–100%) was not associated with a significantly higher risk of asthma occurrence than was exposure to the lowest values (0–20%) of greenness. This study suggests that green space design should consider more effective methods of reducing the allergy impact. |
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spelling | pubmed-66168872019-07-18 Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan Hsieh, Chia-Jung Yu, Pei-Ying Tai, Chun-Ju Jan, Rong-Hwa Wen, Tzai-Hung Lin, Shyang-Woei Tseng, Chun-Chieh Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Green spaces have benefits but may also increase the risk of allergic disease. This study examined the association between the first occurrence of asthma and greenness exposure in children and teenagers. We conducted a 1:1 matched case-control study matched by sex, age, and the first diagnosis year with 7040 eligible subjects from a systematic sampling cohort database in Taiwan from 2001 to 2013. A normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) value ≥0.4 was used as the criterion to determine the green space. The green cover images were then transformed to the green coverage rate in the township surrounding the residential areas of the asthma and control subjects. Conditional logistic regression analyses demonstrated that a significantly increased risk of asthma in preschool children was associated with the surrounding greenness after adjusting for urbanization level, frequency of healthcare provider visits, mean township family income, CO, NO(x), and PM(2.5). The risk of asthma occurrence increased significantly with increasing greenness exposure (p-trend < 0.05). Nevertheless, exposure to the highest greenness levels (81–100%) was not associated with a significantly higher risk of asthma occurrence than was exposure to the lowest values (0–20%) of greenness. This study suggests that green space design should consider more effective methods of reducing the allergy impact. MDPI 2019-06-12 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6616887/ /pubmed/31212779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122076 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hsieh, Chia-Jung Yu, Pei-Ying Tai, Chun-Ju Jan, Rong-Hwa Wen, Tzai-Hung Lin, Shyang-Woei Tseng, Chun-Chieh Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title | Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title_full | Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title_fullStr | Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title_short | Association between the First Occurrence of Asthma and Residential Greenness in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan |
title_sort | association between the first occurrence of asthma and residential greenness in children and teenagers in taiwan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31212779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122076 |
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