Prevention & lipidsCross-sectional study
The effect of living environmental factors on cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults: results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study
Authors' conclusion
An overall poor living environmental quality is a potential risk factor for CVD.
Study context
- Population
- Chinese adults in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)7,932 in 7-year follow-up
- Participants
- 12,489 adults
- Exposure
- Middle- and high-risk vs low-risk combined living environment
- Outcome
- CVD prevalence (cross-sectional) and CVD events (cohort)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
CVD prevalence
Each group vs low-riskOdds ratio (95% CI)
Middle-risk
1.203(0.943–1.534)
High-risk
1.616(1.259–2.074)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Incident CVD · 7-year follow-up — High-risk vs Low-risk | 1.541 (1.142–2.080) | |
| Incident CVD · 7-year follow-up — Middle-risk vs Low-risk | 1.296 (0.968–1.736) | |
| 0.512Hazard ratio (log scale) |
- Incident CVD: P for trend = 0.003
Original publication
The effect of living environmental factors on cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults: results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 20 December 2022. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwac304
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it