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. 2019 Nov 4;16(21):4281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214281

Table 5.

Associations between characteristics of UGSs and adolescents’ self-reported general health and BMI, stratified by gender.

Variables Boys Girls
General Health BMI General Health BMI
b SE b SE b SE b SE
Age −0.121 * 0.066 214 0.165 −0.008 0.077 0.172 0.248
Education 0.516 ** 0.249 0.860 0.624 0.295 0.270 1.111 0.874
Income 0.020 0.048 −0.165 0.120 0.040 0.070 0.317 0.227
Screen time −0.036 0.046 −0.202 * 0.115 −0.026 0.054 0.174 0.176
Park distance 0.017 0.045 −0.021 0.113 −0.053 0.047 0.226 0.152
Frequency of GE −0.053 0.072 −0.143 0.181 −0.063 0.069 0.078 0.225
Duration of GE 0.173 ** 0.071 −0.115 0.179 0.132 * 0.077 −0.323 0.249
Many trees −0.530 0.601 −0.094 1.510 −0.945 0.715 −3.671 ** 1.319
Lawns 0.560 0.671 −0.050 1.684 1.229 0.768 −3.661 ** 1.490
Lights 0.620 0.786 0.440 1.974 1.738 * 0.883 4.140 2.864
Exercise trails −0.229 0.186 −0.084 0.466 0.453 ** 0.195 −1.316 ** 0.631
Play equipment −0.777 1.067 −0.238 2.680 2.149 ** 1.214 −3.697 ** 0.936
Soccer field and basketball court −0.076 0.179 0.080 0.451 −0.040 0.212 −0.840 0.689
Varied plants and animal life −0.119 0.118 0.150 0.297 0.189 0.141 0.680 0.458
Open areas −0.256 0.700 1.179 10.758 1.130 0.817 −2.529 *** 2.648
Flowerbeds −0.220 0.371 0.858 0.932 0.514 0.433 −1.139 *** 1.404
Outdoor fitness equipment −0.178 0.173 0.317 0.435 0.165 0.190 −0.987 *** 0.616
Many benches/seating 0.106 0.315 −0.513 0.790 −0.496 0.357 −3.529 1.156
Picnic areas 0.055 0.238 −0.541 0.598 −0.420 0.271 −3.111 0.879
R2 0.082 0.100 * 0.096 * 0.138 **

Note: * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001. b: Unstandardized coefficients, SE = standard error. Bold indicates the relationship is significant.