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- Exposure to green spaces is linked to slower epigenetic aging, but this relationship hasn't been thoroughly explored across different racial groups.
- A study analyzing 20 years of greenness data in a biracial urban cohort revealed that more greenness correlated with slower epigenetic aging, particularly among participants from disadvantaged neighborhoods.
- Black participants had less access to green spaces and showed a weaker connection between greenness and aging compared to white participants, highlighting the impact of social determinants of health.
Article Abstract
Slower epigenetic aging is associated with exposure to green space (greenness); however, the longitudinal relationship has not been well studied, particularly in minority groups. We investigated the association between 20-year exposure to greenness [Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)] and epigenetic aging in a large, biracial (Black/white), U.S. urban cohort. Using generalized estimating equations adjusted for individual and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics, greater greenness was associated with slower epigenetic aging. Black participants had less surrounding greenness and an attenuated association between greenness and epigenetic aging [β: -0.80, 95% confidence interval (CI): -4.75, 3.13 versus β: -3.03, 95% CI: -5.63, -0.43 in white participants]. Participants in disadvantaged neighborhoods showed a stronger association between greenness and epigenetic aging (β: -3.36, 95% CI: -6.65, -0.08 versus β: -1.57, 95% CI: -4.12, 0.96 in less disadvantaged). In conclusion, we found a relationship between greenness and slower epigenetic aging, and different associations by social determinants of health such as race and neighborhood socioeconomic status.
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