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Urban development

Urban development has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 observational study in people. The newest paper, Sep 4, 2025: “Is disability prevalence higher in rural areas? Evidence from functional difficulty and nightlight data in 15 low- and middle-income countries”.

Exposure

1 paper studies it1 findingUpdated

“adults living in villages above the 80th percentile of nightlight activity have odds of reporting any functional difficulty that are 0.765 times those of adults in villages below the 80th percentile of nightlight”
Is disability prevalence higher in rural areas? Evidence from functional difficulty and nightlight data in 15 low- and middle-income countriesDisability and health journal2025doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2025.101964

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans1

What is Urban development linked with?

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Studies link Urban development with 1 measure, most often functional difficulties (1 study).

Functional difficulties

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1 study

  1. Urban development lowers the risk of functional difficulties in humans (AOR = 0.765; 95 % CI = 0.717 to 0.816).

    “adults living in villages above the 80th percentile of nightlight activity have odds of reporting any functional difficulty that are 0.765 times those of adults in villages below the 80th percentile of nightlight”

    Humanspooled sample across 15 LMICs

    Is disability prevalence higher in rural areas? Evidence from functional difficulty and nightlight data in 15 low- and middle-income countries

    Disability and health journal

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