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. 2020 Sep 1;20:1330. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09435-5

Table 2.

The associations between local amenities, green and blue spaces and dementia (based on the GMS-AGECAT algorithm or the 10/66 dementia diagnostic algorithm) in CFAS II and the 10/66 study

CFAS II (GMS-AGECAT) 10/66 study (GMS-AGECAT) 10/66 study (the 10/66 algorithm)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Local amenities
 Lifestyle
  Café T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.06 (0.73, 1.53) 1.03 (0.69, 1.54) 1.00 (0.80, 1.26) 1.04 (0.82, 1.33) 0.89 (0.70, 1.13) 0.88 (0.68, 1.15)
T3 1.00 (0.68, 1.48) 1.07 (0.69, 1.64) 1.69 (1.30, 2.19) 1.50 (1.13, 1.99) 1.49 (1.12, 1.99) 1.34 (0.93, 1.83)
  Library T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.03 (0.71, 1.50) 1.01 (0.68, 1.52) 1.32 (1.06, 1.66) 1.25 (0.99, 1.58) 1.23 (0.96, 1.57) 1.16 (0.90, 1.50)
T3 1.01 (0.69, 1.47) 1.15 (0.76, 1.74) 1.63 (1.23, 2.17) 1.28 (0.95, 1.73) 1.21 (0.89, 1.64) 1.00 (0.73, 1.39)
  Movie theatre T1 – – – – – –
T2 0.99 (0.68, 1.47) 0.97 (0.64, 1.48) 1.09 (0.86, 1.37) 1.03 (0.82, 1.31) 1.22 (0.96, 1.55) 1.18 (0.92, 1.51)
T3 1.21 (0.81, 1.79) 1.19 (0.77, 1.84) 1.20 (0.93, 1.55) 1.09 (0.84, 1.42) 1.09 (0.82, 1.44) 1.00 (0.74, 1.36)
  Park T1 – – – – – –
T2 0.87 (0.61, 1.24) 0.89 (0.61, 1.32) 0.86 (0.69, 1.08) 0.87 (0.69, 1.09) 0.78 (0.61, 1.00) 0.77 (0.59, 0.99)
T3 0.64 (0.42, 0.95) 0.64 (0.41, 1.00) 0.99 (0.75, 1.30) 0.88 (0.66, 1.17) 1.14 (0.84, 1.55) 0.99 (0.72, 1.36)
 Daily life
  Post office T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.23 (0.84, 1.80) 1.31 (0.86, 1.99) 1.15 (0.87, 1.51) 1.14 (0.84, 1.54) 0.77 (0.57, 1.03) 0.78 (0.57, 1.07)
T3 1.20 (0.82, 1.76) 1.47 (0.96, 2.24) 1.79 (1.38, 2.31) 1.53 (1.15, 2.04) 1.30 (0.96, 1.75) 1.23 (0.88, 1.72)
  Convenience store T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.00 (0.69, 1.45) 1.03 (0.69, 1.54) 0.93 (0.73, 1.18) 0.93 (0.72, 1.20) 1.19 (0.90, 1.56) 1.18 (0.89, 1.58)
T3 0.99 (0.67, 1.44) 1.04 (0.69, 1.59) 1.20 (0.90, 1.61) 1.11 (0.82, 1.50) 1.46 (1.05, 2.03) 1.46 (1.03, 2.07)
 Healthcare
  Doctor/hospital T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.02 (0.71, 1.46) 0.96 (0.64, 1.42) 0.95 (0.75, 1.21) 0.92 (0.72, 1.17) 1.14 (0.89, 1.47) 1.08 (0.83, 1.40)
T3 0.81 (0.55, 1.19) 0.92 (0.60, 1.39) 1.05 (0.77, 1.43) 1.06 (0.78, 1.46) 1.32 (0.94, 1.85) 1.32 (0.93, 1.87)
  Pharmacy T1 – – – – – –
T2 1.09 (0.76, 1.54) 1.12 (0.76, 1.65) 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) 0.98 (0.78, 1.24) 1.17 (0.92, 1.49) 1.15 (0.89, 1.48)
T3 0.69 (0.46, 1.04) 0.76 (0.49, 1.19) 1.07 (0.84, 1.35) 1.01 (0.80, 1.29) 1.32 (1.02, 1.71) 1.25 (0.95, 1.64)
Green/blue spaces
 400 m
  Recreational green L – – – – – –
M 1.00 (0.67, 1.48) 0.93 (0.62, 1.39) 0.92 (0.71, 1.18) 1.07 (0.83, 1.38) 0.76 (0.57, 1.00) 0.87 (0.65, 1.18)
H 1.36 (0.93, 1.99) 1.24 (0.84, 1.84) 0.66 (0.49, 0.88) 0.89 (0.66, 1.20) 0.65 (0.48, 0.87) 0.82 (0.60, 1.15)
  Nature L – – – – – –
M 0.99 (0.68, 1.44) 1.04 (0.70, 1.53) 0.98 (0.74, 1.30) 0.97 (0.73, 1.28) 1.00 (0.71, 1.41) 1.00 (0.71, 1.41)
H 0.92 (0.64, 1.33) 0.99 (0.68, 1.46)
  Blue space None – – – – – –
Any 1.02 (0.68, 1.52) 1.07 (0.70, 1.62) 1.07 (0.72, 1.61) 1.09 (0.73, 1.64) 0.86 (0.55, 1.33) 0.86 (0.55, 1.36)
 800 m
  Recreational green L – – – – – –
M 1.30 (0.86, 1.95) 1.21 (0.79, 1.85) 1.07 (0.78, 1.47) 1.10 (0.79, 1.53) 0.98 (0.91, 1.62) 0.99 (0.70, 1.42)
H 1.34 (0.84, 2.12) 1.24 (0.77, 2.00) 0.69 (0.49, 0.95) 0.82 (0.58, 1.15) 0.80 (0.57, 1.11) 0.92 (0.65, 1.31)
  Nature L – – – – – –
M 1.01 (0.70, 1.45) 1.03 (0.70, 1.50) 0.99 (0.74, 1.33) 0.90 (0.67, 1.22) 1.09 (0.76, 1.58) 0.99 (0.67, 1.45)
H 0.86 (0.59, 1.27) 0.92 (0.61, 1.37)
  Blue space None – – – – – –
Any 1.04 (0.76, 1.41) 1.05 (0.76, 1.45) 1.10 (0.82, 1.46) 1.12 (0.85, 1.49) 1.05 (0.77, 1.44) 1.12 (0.81, 1.53)

All models adjusted for centre (CFAS II) or site (10/66); Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, education, social class/assets and self-rated health; T1, T2, T3: first, second and third tertile of distance to the nearest local amenities; H, M, L: high, middle and low percentages of green and blue spaces within 400 m or 800 m by tertiles