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. 2012 Sep;18(5):1034–1041. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.003

Table 3.

Association between green space and physical activity after adjustment for individual and environment variables (n=22,254).

Green space quintile Overall physical activity Sport Green space leisure Walking
High ‘cut off’ (at least 30 min of MVPA 5 times per week)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
1 (1.27–23.37%) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 (23.38–37.65%) 1.02 (0.93–1.13) 1.09 (0.93–1.29) 0.98 (0.85–1.12) 0.98 (0.84–1.14)
3 (37.66–57.18%) 1.08 (0.98–1.19) 1.12 (0.95–1.33) 1.02 (0.88–1.17) 1.01 (0.86–1.18)
4 (57.25–83.80%) 1.10 (0.99–1.21) 1.00 (0.84–1.21) 0.90 (0.78–1.05) 0.94 (0.79–1.11)
5 (83.81–98.58%) 1.24 (1.12–1.38) 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 0.97 (0.83–1.14) 1.01 (0.85–1.21)
Wald test* (p) 19.0 (<0.001) 3.2 (0.52) 2.8 (0.58) 1.16 (0.89)
Low ‘cut off’ (any physical activity of MVPA and 30 min duration)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
1 (1.27–23.37%) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 (23.38–37.65%) 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 1.04 (0.96–1.15) 0.94 (0.86–1.03) 0.85 (0.77–0.94)
3 (37.66–57.18%) 1.06 (0.95–1.19) 1.05 (0.96–1.16) 0.91 (0.83–1.00) 0.85 (0.77–0.93)
4 (57.25–83.80%) 1.06 (0.94–1.19) 1.00 (0.91–1.11) 0.86 (0.78–0.95) 0.80 (0.72–0.88)
5 (83.81–98.58%) 1.11 (0.98–1.26) 1.02 (0.92–1.13) 0.95 (0.86–1.05) 0.85 (0.77–0.95)
Wald test* (p) 4.5 (0.34) 2.4 (0.67) 10.0 (0.004) 21.2 (<0.001)

Wald test is used to test for any association between green space and physical activity; a ‘high cut off’ is defined as five or more sessions of the stated activity per week of at least 30 min duration of MVPA; a ‘low cut off’ is defined as doing some sessions of the stated activity of at least 30 min duration of MVPA; individual and environmental variables are detailed in model 3 (Table 2).