The role of environmental access to exercise opportunities in cardiovascular mortality: evidence from a nationwide study
Counties have the potential to make significant environmental strides in improving the cardiovascular health of their populations by enhancing access to exercise opportunities in the context of urbanization.
Authors
- Zhicheng Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-8443)
- Ziqiang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1990-6788)
- Yanji Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-6338)
- Xin Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-6007)
- Yuhai Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-062X)
- Tianling Chen
- Shao Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-7504)
- Wangjian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9655-6385)
- Yuantao Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8024-5312)
- Philip Karl Hopke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-9661)
- Kai Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-4724)
- Shujuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-9615)
- Jie Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-3486)
- Yuqing Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-7987)
- Xueqing Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3466-9058)
- Shuming Zhu
- Xian Lin
- Ying Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3662-2692)
- Xiaowen Wang
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Jinan University (CN)
- University of North Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Clarkson University (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- Novartis (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences (CN)
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04060-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- China Association for Science and Technology
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province