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. 2014 Sep 9;122(12):1351–1358. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408215

Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusteda percent change (95% CI) in outcomes associated with an IQR increase in the green space playing time (492 hr) and annual beach attendance (32 days) and with living within 300 m of a major green space (residential proximity), Barcelona, 2011.

Outcome Green space playing time Annual beach attendance Residential proximity
SDQ
Difficulties
Total
Unadjusted –6.6 (–10.1, –2.9)** –4.3 (–7.5, –0.9)** –0.3 (–7.3, 7.2)
Adjusted –4.8 (–8.6, –0.9)** –3.9 (–7.2, –0.4)** –1.3 (–8.2, 6.2)
Hyperactivity/inattention
Unadjusted –4.0 (–8.1, 0.2)* –0.6 (–4.3, 3.2) –1.8 (–9.4, 6.3)
Adjusted –2.7 (–7.0, 1.5) –0.7 (–4.6, 3.2) –3.0 (–10.6, 5.2)
Emotional symptoms
Unadjusted –11.6 (–16.6, –6.2)** –6.6 (–11.4, –1.6)** 4.8 (–5.6, 16.4)
Adjusted –8.2 (–13.9, –2.2)** –3.9 (–9.1, 1.6) 1.9 (–8.7, 13.8)
Conduct problems
Unadjusted –3.7 (–9.7, 2.9) –5.0 (–10.4, 0.7)* 2.3 (–9.2, 15.3)
Adjusted 0.7 (–5.6, 7.5) –2.8 (–8.2, 2.9) 0.6 (–10.6, 13.1)
Peer relationship problems
Unadjusted –17.5 (–24.0, –10.4)** –17.6 (–23.7, –11.1)** –2.4 (–16.4, 13.8)
Adjusted –15.4 (–22.7, –7.4)** –16.8 (–23.4, –9.7)** –5.1 (–19.1, 11.3)
Strengths
Prosocial behavior
Unadjusted 0.3 (–0.9, 1.5) 1.0 (0.0, 2.1)** 0.9 (–1.3, 3.1)
Adjusted 0.2 (–1.0, 1.5) 1.1 (0.0, 2.2)** 0.7 (–1.5, 3.0)
ADHD/DSM-IV
ADHD
Unadjusted –1.6 (–8.8, 6.1) –1.1 (–7.5, 5.8) 4.6 (–8.9, 20.2)
Adjusted –1.6 (–9.0, 6.4) –0.1 (–6.7, 6.9) 1.8 (–11.6, 17.3)
Inattention
Unadjusted –0.7 (–7.8, 7.0) –3.6 (–9.8, 3.0) 2.6 (–10.6, 17.7)
Adjusted –0.2 (–7.7, 7.9) –2.4 (–8.9, 4.5) –0.2 (–14.3, 23.5)
Hyperactivity-impulsivity
Unadjusted –4.0 (–13.0, 5.9) 3.2 (–5.2, 12.5) 6.6 (–10.8, 27.3)
Adjusted –5.4 (–14.5, 4.8) 3.5 (–5.2, 12.9) 2.9 (–14.3, 23.5)
aAdjusted for child’s school level, sex, ethnicity, preterm birth, breastfeeding, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, maternal smoking during pregnancy, responding person, parental educational achievement, parental employment status, parental marital status, and neighborhood socioeconomic status. *p < 0.1. **p < 0.05.