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Table 2 Moderation of Greenness and Walkability on Activity and Geriatric-Relevant Health Outcomes among Older Canadians

From: Neighbourhood greenness moderates the association between physical activity and geriatric-relevant health outcomes: an analysis of the CLSA

  

OR & 95% CI

per Weekly Hour of TPA

 

Greenness (NDVI)

Walkability (Can-ALE)

 

Outcome

Type of Regression

Moderates Base OR

Moderation Coefficient

p-value

Moderates Base OR

Moderation Coefficient

p-value

Total Sample (n = 16,735)

Physical Impairment

0.95

(0.94, 0.96)

POLR

Yes

0.022

0.04

No

N/A

> 0.19

Severity of Daily Pain

0.98

(0.98, 0.99)

POLR

Yes

0.019

< 0.01

No

N/A

> 0.34

Number of Medications

0.98

(0.97, 0.99)

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.42

No

N/A

> 0.56

Depressive Symptoms

0.95

(0.94, 0.96)

LR

Yes

0.032

0.01

No

N/A

> 0.19

Females (n = 8,372)

Physical Impairment

0.96

(0.94, 0.97)

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.12

No

N/A

> 0.23

Severity of Daily Pain

0.98

(0.97, 0.99)

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.22

No

N/A

> 0.26

Number of Medications

0.97

(0.95, 0.98)

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.19

No

N/A

> 0.33

Depressive Symptoms

0.93

(0.91, 0.95)

LR

Yes

0.050

0.02

No

N/A

> 0.47

Males (n = 8,363)

Physical Impairment

0.95

(0.93, 0.96)

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.12

No

N/A

> 0.21

Severity of Daily Pain

0.99

(0.98, 1.00)a

POLR

Yes

0.021

0.03

No

N/A

> 0.77

Number of Medications

0.99

(0.98, 1.00)a

POLR

No

N/A

> 0.14

No

N/A

> 0.31

Depressive Symptoms

0.97

(0.96, 0.98)

LR

Yes

0.029

0.05

No

N/A

> 0.39

  1. Note. Abbreviations: POLR, proportional odds logistic regression; LR, linear regression; TPA: total physical activity; NDVI: Normalized Difference Vegetative Index; Can-ALE: Canadian Active Living Environments
  2. a OR p-value is > 0.001