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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2023 Nov 28;243:117785. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117785

Table 2.

Average total hours per week spent on main recreational physical activities over the past year across tertiles of greenness and impervious area based on a 500 m buffer from the place of residence among Sister Study participants at baseline

Physical activities Tertiles * Mean hours per week
Greenness* Impervious

G1 G2
Walking Lowest 1.35 1.35 1.33
Middle 1.37 1.35 1.38
Upper 1.36 1.38 1.37
Conditioning exercise Lowest 0.74 0.73 0.68
Middle 0.75 0.73 0.78
Upper 0.72 0.76 0.75
Sports Lowest 0.20 0.16 0.24
Middle 0.20 0.22 0.23
Upper 0.23 0.25 0.16
Dancing Lowest 0.14 0.13 0.13
Middle 0.14 0.14 0.14
Upper 0.13 0.14 0.14
Bicycling Lowest 0.10 0.10 0.07
Middle 0.08 0.08 0.08
Upper 0.71 0.07 0.10
Water activities Lowest 0.09 0.09 0.07
Middle 0.07 0.07 0.08
Upper 0.07 0.08 0.09
Running Lowest 0.10 0.10 0.11
Middle 0.11 0.11 0.12
Upper 0.12 0.13 0.11
Gardening Lowest 0.04 0.04 0.07
Middle 0.04 0.05 0.04
Upper 0.07 0.06 0.05
*

Where G1 represents forest, shrubland and herbaceous land characteristics and G2 represents forest, shrubland and herbaceous land characteristics and developed open spaces