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Exposure to residential green and blue space and the natural environment is associated with a lower incidence of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults: findings from the UK Biobank by Bao-Peng Liu; Rachel R. Huxley; Tamara Schikowski; Ke-Jia Hu; Qi Zhao; Cun-Xian Jia is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background There is increasing evidence for the role of environmental factors and exposure to the natural environment on a wide range of health outcomes. Whether exposure to green space, blue space, and the natural environment (GBN) is associated with risk of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults has not been prospectively examined. ## Methods Longitudinal data from the UK biobank was used. At the study baseline (2006–2010), 363,047 participants (women: 53.4%; mean age 56.7 ± 8.1 years) who had not been previously diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder were included. Follow-up was achieved by collecting records from hospitals and death registers. Measurements of green and blue space modeled from land use data and natural environment from Land Cover Map were assigned to the residential address for each participant. Cox proportional hazard models with adjustment for potential confounders were used to explore the longitudinal associations between GBN and any psychiatric disorder and then by specific psychiatric disorders (dementia, substance abuse, psychotic disorder, depression, and anxiety) in middle-aged and older adults. ## Results During an average follow-up o

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Author

Bao-Peng Liu; Rachel R. Huxley; Tamara Schikowski; Ke-Jia Hu; Qi Zhao; Cun-Xian Jia

Publisher

BioMed Central

Published

2024

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)