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Table 2 Greenspace exposure groups and dementia subtypes presented as n and percent or mean and standard deviation

From: Neighborhood greenspace exposure as a protective factor in dementia risk among U.S. adults 75 years or older: a cohort study

 

Greenspace Exposure Group

 
 

Low

Med

High

Total

p*

n

1017

1014

1016

3047

 

Dementia (%)

205 (20.2)

169 (16.7)

144 (14.2)

518 (17.0)

< 0.01

AD only (%)

138 (13.6)

110 (10.8)

102 (10.0)

350 (11.5)

0.03

Mixed/VaD (%)

58 (5.7)

49 (4.8)

39 (3.8)

146 (4.8)

0.14

Mean (SD)

Greenspace Metrics

Distance (m)

1789 (2699)

907 (750)

780 (522)

1159 (1706)

< 0.01

Mean percent Overlap

0.94 (1.47)

1.49 (2.26)

6.69 (11.05)

3.04 (7.06)

< 0.01

NDVI

0.46 (0.11)

0.57 (0.08)

0.68 (0.09)

0.57 (0.13)

< 0.01

Composite

−0.26 (0.71)

0.12 (0.31)

0.38 (0.53)

0.00 (0.60)

< 0.01

  1. Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s disease, m linear meters, NDVI normalized differences vegetative index, SD standard deviation, VaD Vascular dementia
  2. *:P-value reflects results from ANOVA/ chi-square between green space exposure group