| Title: | The UK Biobank Urban Morphometric Platform -Deciphering associations of built environment morphometrics with individual health and lifestyle |
| Lead Institution: | University of Hong Kong |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Chinmoy Sarkar |
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We propose to conduct a series of preliminary analyses into associations between various attributes of the built environment and lifestyle, after adjusting for a range of individual-level covariates including prevalent disease. At this stage, our spatial area of interest cover the eight UKB centres; for which all spatial modelling has been completed and submitted to UK Biobank. More specifically, we will assess the health-promoting/inhibiting effects of the built environment on diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, obesity and mental health through a series of statistical analyses. This proposal will not involve re-contact of participants or access to biological samples. Analyses will be conducted into health and the environment. These analyses will be some of the most detailed conducted in this area to-date. Furthermore, the project will also allow the development of statistical models that maybe applied to the full UKB dataset in due course. Development of a series of statistical models to find associations between attributes of built environment (objectively assessed through a series of morphological metrics - morphometrics) and individual level lifestyle including diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, obesity and mental health. Participants from the UKB centres of Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham, BARTS, Croydon, Hounslow, Leeds and Sheffield (N=164,234)6 Publications
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8612 | Association between Residential Greenness and Allostatic Load: A Cohort Study | Ka Yan Lai (+4) | 2024 | Environmental Science and Technology |
| 10107 | Associations of neighbourhood housing density with loneliness and social isolation: a cross-sectional study using UK Biobank data | Ka Yan Lai (+4) | 2021 | The Lancet |
| 11179 | Neighbourhood residential density, urbanicity and incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A 12-year prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank | Ka Yan Lai (+4) | 2023 | Environmental Research |
| 8719 | Nexus between residential air pollution and physiological stress is moderated by greenness | Ka Yan Lai (+4) | 2024 | Nature Cities |
| 8468 | Residential greenness and adiposity: Findings from the UK Biobank | Chinmoy Sarkar | 2017 | Environment International |
| 11345 | The associations of socioeconomic status with incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease are modified by leucocyte telomere length: a population-based cohort study | Ka Yan Lai (+4) | 2023 | Scientific Reports |
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