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Worse Lung Function Prevalent in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

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Study underscores effects of race, socioeconomic status on disease outcomes

People with sarcoidosis who live in neighborhoods lacking economic and social resources have lower lung function and faster lung function decline, a study in the U.S. and Canada revealed.

Non-white patients were overrepresented in the group with greater disadvantage, suggesting how race and differences in socioeconomic status can lead to poorer outcomes among people from minority backgrounds.  Read more in Sarcoidosis News.

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Increased exposure to green spaces during childhood could improve lung function

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Children with increased exposure to nature during childhood had improved lung function in later life, according to study findings published in European Respiratory Journal.

“We found that living in greener neighborhoods as children grow up is more important for their breathing than living in a green area when they were born,” Diogo Queiroz Almeida, MD,PhD candidate in the department of public health and forensic sciences and medical education at the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal, said in a press release. “This may be because babies spend much less time outdoors than children.”
Read more in Healio.

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