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Volume 2, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
ISSN: 2572-5548
Page 67
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Does green space matter? Exploring relationships between green space type, physical activity, quality of
life and cardiovascular disease prevalence
Abdullah Akpinar
Adnan Menderes University, Turkey
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his study explores whether specific types of green spaces (i.e., urban green spaces, forests, agricultural lands, rangelands,
and wetlands) are associated with physical activity, quality of life, and cardiovascular disease prevalence. A sample of
8,976 respondents from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, conducted in 2006 in Washington State across 291
zip-codes, was analyzed. Measures included physical activity status, quality of life, and cardiovascular disease prevalence (i.e.
heart attack, angina, and stroke). Percentage of green spaces was derived from the National Land Cover Dataset. Multi-level
regression analyses were conducted to analyze the data while controlling for age, sex, race, weight, marital status, occupation,
income, education level, and zip-code population and socio-economic situation. Regression results revealed that no green
space types were associated with physical activity, quality of life, and cardiovascular disease prevalence. On the other hand, the
analysis showed that physical activity was associated with quality of life, and cardiovascular disease prevalence. The findings
suggest that other factors such as naturalness, structure and distribution (sprawled or concentrated, large or small), quality,
and characteristics of green space might be important in quality of life and cardiovascular disease prevalence rather than green
space types. Therefore, further investigations are needed.
abdullah.akpinar@wsu.eduChron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2017, 2:2
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5548-C1-003