Time spent outdoors and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in middle and old aged adults: results from the UK Biobank prospective cohort

CONCLUSION: Findings from the present study indicate that spending more than 3.5 hours/day outdoors is a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke. Future research is needed to further understand the relation between time spent outdoors and cardiovascular disease.PMID:34019889 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2021.111350

Source: Environmental Research - May 21, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Maud Miguet Sotirios Venetis Gull Rukh Lars Lind Helgi B Schi öth Source Type: research