Green space, genetic susceptibility, and risk of osteoporosis:a cohort study from the UK Biobank
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Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of residential exposure to green space on the incident osteoporosis and further explore the modification effect of genetic susceptibility. METHODS: Participants from the UK Biobank were followed from 2006 to 2010 (baseline) to December 31st, 2022. Using land use coverage, we evaluated exposure to residential surrounding green space, natural environment, and domestic gardens. We used the Cox regression to examine the association between the residential environment and incident osteoporosis. The interactive effects between polygenic risk score (PRS) of osteoporosis and residential environments on incident osteoporosis were investigated. RESULTS: This study included 292,662 participants. Over a median follow-up period of 13.65 years, we documented 9177 incidents of osteoporosis. Per interquartile (IQR) increase in greenness and natural environment at a 300 m buffer was associated with a 4% lower risk of incident osteoporosis [HR = 0.96 (95% CI: 0.93, 0.99)] and [HR = 0.96 (95% CI: 0.93, 0.98)], respectively. We did not identify any interactive effects between genetic risk and residential environment on incident osteoporosis. CONCLUSIONS: This study found that public greenness and natural environments could reduce the risk of incident osteoporosis regardless of genetic predisposition. Developing sustainable and publicly accessible natural environments might benefit populations' bone health.
Date Issued
2024-04
Date Acceptance
2024-03-01
Citation
Chemosphere, 2024, 353
ISSN
0045-6535
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Chemosphere
Volume
353
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38442776
Subjects
Biological Specimen Banks
Cohort Studies
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Parks, Recreational
UK Biobank
Cohort study
Gene-environment interaction
Genetic susceptibility
Green space
Natural environment
Osteoporosis
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
141632
Date Publish Online
2024-03-03