NEW YORK: According to new research, people who live in green neighborhoods are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease. The new findings of the research were presented at ESC Congress 2021.

William Aitken of the University of Miami, the US said, "It was remarkable that these relationships appeared in just five years, a relatively short amount of time for a positive environmental impact," "Higher levels of greenness were associated with lower rates of heart conditions and stroke over time, both when an area maintained high greenness and when greenness increased" he added

For the study, the team included 2,43,558 US Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older who lived in the same area of Miami from 2011 to 2016. Medicare records were used to obtain the incidence of new cardiovascular conditions during the five-year study including heart attack, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension and stroke/transient ischemic attack.

The team analyzed the odds of developing any new cardiovascular disease, and the number of new cardiovascular conditions, based on block-level greenness. Among participants who developed a cardiovascular condition during follow-up, those in high greenness areas developed 4 percent fewer new diseases compared with those in low greenness blocks.

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