(HealthDay News) — Living in more intensely developed neighborhoods is associated with reduced incident stroke risk, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in Cities & Health.
Cathy L. Antonakos, PhD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined development intensity as a potential influence on stroke risk among 25,330 adults in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study. Development intensity was measured in 8-km network buffers around 34,368 residential locations.
The researchers found that 5.2% of participants had an incident stroke during the 2003 to 2017 study period. Incident stroke risk was reduced in association with exposure to greater development intensity (hazard ratio, 0.975)…