The new study included several thousand patients living in Israel. They were followed for 10 years. It turned out that the survival rate of patients who had heart bypass surgery and lived in greener areas was significantly higher than those who had surgery and lived in areas with less vegetation.
The sample of the research consisted of 3128 people. These are patients with cardiovascular disease who underwent bypass surgery at seven medical centers in Israel, from Haifa to Beersheba, between 2004 and 2007.
The study found that, on average, 12 years after surgery, people who lived in very green environments had a 7% lower risk of death than people who did not live near plants. This association was also stronger among women. There were 23% of them and on average they were older at the time of surgery: 69.5 years in men versus 63.8 years in men.
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Source: Ferra
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