Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts

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• dc.contributor.author Torres Roda, Maria
• dc.contributor.author Fossati, Serena
• dc.contributor.author de Castro, Montserrat
• dc.contributor.author Fernandes, Amanda
• dc.contributor.author Roumeliotaki, Theano
• dc.contributor.author Sunyer Deu, Jordi
• dc.contributor.author Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-
• dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
• dc.contributor.author Vrijheid, Martine
• dc.contributor.author Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-
• dc.contributor.author Dadvand, Payam
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-09T08:29:21Z
• dc.date.available 2023-01-09T08:29:21Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract Research suggests that maternal exposure to natural environments (i.e., green and blue spaces) promotes healthy fetal growth. However, the available evidence is heterogeneous across regions, with very few studies on the effects of blue spaces. This study evaluated associations between maternal exposure to natural environments and birth outcomes in 11 birth cohorts across nine European countries. This study, part of the LifeCycle project, was based on a total sample size of 69,683 newborns with harmonised data. For each participant, we calculated seven indicators of residential exposure to natural environments: surrounding greenspace in 100m, 300m, and 500m using Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) buffers, distance to the nearest green space, accessibility to green space, distance to the nearest blue space, and accessibility to blue space. Measures of birth weight and small for gestational age (SGA) were extracted from hospital records. We used pooled linear and logistic regression models to estimate associations between exposure to the natural environment and birth outcomes, controlling for the relevant covariates. We evaluated the potential effect modification by socioeconomic status (SES) and region of Europe and the influence of ambient air pollution on the associations. In the pooled analyses, residential surrounding greenspace in 100m, 300m, and 500m buffer was associated with increased birth weight and lower odds for SGA. Higher residential distance to green space was associated with lower birth weight and higher odds for SGA. We observed close to null associations for accessibility to green space and exposure to blue space. We found stronger estimated magnitudes for those participants with lower educational levels, from more deprived areas, and living in the northern European region. Our associations did not change notably after adjustment for air pollution. These findings may support implementing policies to promote natural environments in our cities, starting in more deprived areas.
• dc.description.sponsorship This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (LIFECYCLE, grant agreement No 733206; EUCAN-Connect grant agreement No 824989). ISGlobal acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and State Research Agency through the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019-2023” Program (CEX2018-000806-S), and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. For more information of each cohort individual funding, see Supplementary Materials, Information S2.
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• dc.identifier.citation Torres Toda M, Avraam D, James Cadman T, Fossati S, de Castro M, Dedele A et al. Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts. Environ Int. 2022 Dec;170:107648. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107648
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107648
• dc.identifier.issn 0160-4120
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55239
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Environ Int. 2022 Dec;170:107648
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/733206
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/824989
• dc.rights © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Fetal growth
• dc.subject.keyword Greenness
• dc.subject.keyword Nature
• dc.subject.keyword Parks
• dc.subject.keyword Pregnancy
• dc.subject.keyword Prenatal
• dc.title Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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