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Children living in areas with more street trees have lower prevalence of asthma: Table 1

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Lovasi, G S, Quinn, J W, Neckerman, K M, Perzanowski, M S, Rundle, A·2008·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
DOI 10.1136/jech.2007.071894PMC PMC3415223
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Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high prevalence in poor urban communities. Methods: Data on the prevalence of asthma among children aged 4–5 years and on hospitalisations for asthma among children less than 15 years old were available for 42 health service catchment areas within New York City. Street tree counts were provided by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The proximity to pollution sources, sociodemographic characteristics and population density for each area were also measured. Results: Controlling for potential confounders, an increase in tree density of 1 standard deviation (SD, 343 trees/km 2) was associated with a lower prevalence of asthma (RR, 0.71 per SD of tree density; 95% CI, 0.64 to 0.79), but not with hospitalisations for asthma (RR, 0.89 per SD of tree density; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.06). Conclusions: Street trees were associated with a lower prevalence of early childhood asthma. This study does not permit inference that trees are causally related to asthma at the individual level. The PlaNYC sustainability initiative, which includes a commitment to plant one million trees by the year 2017, offers an opportunity for a large prospective evaluation.

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Authors
Lovasi, G. S., Quinn, J. W., Neckerman, K. M., Perzanowski, M. S., & Rundle, A.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University (US)
  • Institute for Social and Economic Research (GB)
Corresponding author
Lovasi, G S
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2008-05-01
Volume
62
Issue
7
Pages
647-649
ISSN
  • 0141-7681 (ISSN-L)
  • 0143-005X
  • 1470-2738
DOI
10.1136/jech.2007.071894
PMC
PMC3415223
OpenAlex
W2198104046
Cited by
314
References
2
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FWCI
5.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01es014229-04)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01-ES014229)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K01HD067390)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
Keywords
childhood asthma, street trees, urban green space, tree density, asthma prevalence, asthma hospitalization, urban pollution, sociodemographic factors, New York City
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Asthma, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, New York City, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, Trees, Urban Health, Prevalence

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