Associations of street-view greenspace exposure with cardiovascular health (Life's Essential 8) among women in midlife.

Journal: Biology of sex differences
Published Date: Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Many women experience suboptimal cardiovascular health (CVH) during midlife. Greenspace exposure has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease because it may reduce harmful environmental exposures and promote healthy behaviors. Most prior studies used satellite-based rather than ground-level exposures and did not examine overall CVH.

Authors

  • Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman
    Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA. sheryl_rifas@hphci.harvard.edu.
  • Li Yi
    State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Bio-enzyme Catalysis, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China. Electronic address: liyi@hubu.edu.cn.
  • Izzuddin M Aris
    Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Pi-I Debby Lin
    Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Marie-France Hivert
    Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Jorge E Chavarro
    Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Esra Suel
    School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. esra.suel@imperial.ac.uk.
  • Peter James
    Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
  • Emily Oken
    Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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