Exposure to Neighborhood Walkability and Residential Greenness and Incident Fracture

Author:

Zhu Zhanghang1,Yang Zongming2,Xu Lisha2,Wu Yonghao2,Yu Luhua2,Shen Peng3,Lin Hongbo3,Shui Liming4,Tang Mengling5,Jin Mingjuan1,Wang Jianbing2,Chen Kun1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

2. Department of Public Health, and Department of National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

3. Department of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, Yinzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo, China

4. Yinzhou District Health Bureau of Ningbo, Ningbo, China

5. Department of Public Health, Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

ImportanceEmerging studies have suggested that environmental factors are associated with fracture. However, little is known about the association of neighborhood walkability and residential greenness with fracture.ObjectiveTo investigate the association of long-term exposure to walkability and greenness with incident fracture and explore the potential interaction effect.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study recruited participants aged 40 years or older in Ningbo, China from June 2015 to January 2018. Participants were observed for outcomes through February 2023, with data analysis conducted in March 2023.ExposuresNeighborhood walkability was measured by a modified walkability calculation method according to a walk score tool. Residential greenness was assessed by satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) within a 1000-m buffer.Main Outcomes and MeasuresIncident fracture was ascertained according to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision codes via the Yinzhou Health Information System. Cox proportional hazards models were fit, with age as time scale to estimate the associations of walkability and greenness with fracture. Potential effect modification was explored by covariates, as well as the interactive effect of walkability and greenness.ResultsA total of 23 940 participants were included in this study with 13 735 being female (57.4%). The mean (SD) age at baseline was 63.4 (9.4) years. During a follow-up period of 134 638 person-years, 3322 incident fractures were documented. In the full adjusted model, every IQR increment in neighborhood walkability and residential greenness was associated with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.88 (95% CI, 0.83-0.92) and 0.84 (95% CI, 0.80-0.89), respectively, for fracture. Furthermore, the association of greenness and fracture was greater with an increase in walkability. The HR (Q4 vs Q1) for greenness was 0.62 (95% CI, 0.46-0.82) in neighborhoods with the highest quartile of walkability.Conclusions and RelevanceThis population cohort study suggested that long-term exposure to neighborhood walkability and residential greenness were both associated with lower risk of incident fracture. The benefits of greenness increased in more walkable areas.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Subject

General Medicine

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