Table 1.
Characteristics of the LBC1936 study COVID-19 survey sample by garden usage measures.
| Variables | Gardening, yes (n = 119) |
Gardening, no (n = 52) |
Relaxing, yes (n = 115) |
Relaxing, no (n = 56) |
Garden usage, more (n = 86) |
Garden usage, same (n = 72) |
Garden usage, less (n = 13) |
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| M ± SD | M ± SD | P | M ± SD | M ± SD | P | M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | P | |
| Age | 84.0 ± 0.5 | 84.0 ± 0.5 | 0.66 | 84.0 ± 0.5 | 84.0 ± 0.5 | 0.15 | 83.9 ± 0.5 | 84.0 ± 0.5 | 84.1 ± 0.4 | 0.24 |
| Education | 11.2 ± 1.2 | 11.3 ± 1.1 | 0.47 | 11.2 ± 1.1 | 11.2 ± 1.2 | 0.70 | 11.3 ± 1.2 | 11.2 ± 1.2 | 11.2 ± 1.1 | 0.90 |
| Anxiety | 3.9 ± 3.0 | 3.7 ± 3.0 | 0.66 | 3.9 ± 3.1 | 3.6 ± 2.9 | 0.57 | 4.0 ± 3.0 | 3.7 ± 3.1 | 3.5 ± 2.6 | 0.79 |
| Depression | 2.5 ± 1.9 | 3.5 ± 2.8 | 0.015 | 2.7 ± 2.3 | 3.0 ± 2.2 | 0.38 | 2.6 ± 2.1 | 3.1 ± 2.5 | 2.8 ± 2.0 | 0.42 |
| BMI | 27.2 ± 3.4 | 25.5 ± 6.7 | 0.03 | 26.9 ± 5.1 | 26.5 ± 3.6 | 0.62 | 27.0 ± 3.7 | 26.4 ± 5.7 | 26.5 ± 4.6 | 0.70 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Gender | 0.91 | 0.09 | 0.10 | |||||||
| Male | 63 (52.9) | 28 (53.8) | 56 (48.7) | 35 (62.5) | 40 (46.5) | 46 (63.0) | 6 (46.2) | |||
| Female | 56 (47.1) | 24 (46.2) | 59 (51.3) | 21 (37.5) | 46 (53.5) | 27 (37.0) | 7 (53.8) | |||
| Live alone | 0.53 | 0.26 | 0.55 | |||||||
| Yes | 42 (35.3) | 21 (40.3) | 39 (33.9) | 24 (42.9) | 33 (38.4) | 28 (38.4) | 3 (23.1) | |||
| No | 77 (64.7) | 31 (59.6) | 76 (66.1) | 32 (57.1) | 53 (61.6) | 45 (61.6) | 10 (76.9) | |||
| Occupational Social class | 0.93 | 0.99 | 0.43 | |||||||
| 1.0 (prof) | 39 (33.1) | 17 (32.7) | 39 (33.1) | 17 (32.7) | 31 (36.0) | 20 (27.8) | 5 (38.5) | |||
| 2.0 | 49 (41.5) | 24 (46.2) | 48 (41.7) | 25 (44.6) | 36 (41.9) | 32 (44.4) | 6 (46.2) | |||
| 3.0 | 17 (14.4) | 5 (9.6) | 15 (13.0) | 7 (12.5) | 10 (11.6) | 12 (16.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| 3.5 | 11 (9.3) | 5 (9.6) | 11 (9.3) | 5 (9.6) | 7 (8.1) | 8 (11.1) | 1 (7.7) | |||
| 4.0 | 2 (1.7) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.7) | |||
| 5.0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| CVD, yes | 40 (33.6) | 28 (53.8) | 0.008 | 41 (35.7) | 27 (48.2) | 0.17 | 29 (33.7) | 33 (45.2) | 6 (46.2) | 0.36 |
| Diabetes, yes | 12 (10.1) | 5 (9.6) | 0.95 | 10 (8.7) | 7 (12.5) | 0.39 | 6 (7.0) | 9 (12.3) | 2 (15.4) | 0.33 |
BMI, body mass index; prof, professional; CVD, cardiovascular disease. P-values derived from ANOVA or Chi-square tests where appropriate.