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Table 4 Association of green space exposures in multiple exposure windows with child behavior

From: Associations of residential green space with internalizing and externalizing behavior in early childhood

Exposure window

NDVI a

Tree Cover a

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

Internalizing score

  

 Year prior to age 4–6 study visit

-0.66 (-1.26, -0.07)

-0.29 (-0.62, 0.04)

 Age 1–4

-0.58 (-1.13, -0.03)

-0.31 (-0.65, 0.04)

 Longest childhood address

-0.31 (-0.75, 0.13)

-0.24 (-0.53, 0.04)

Externalizing score

  

 Year prior to age 4–6 study visit

-0.36 (-1.00, 0.27)

-0.34 (-0.72, 0.04)

 Age 1–4

-0.21 (-0.88, 0.46)

-0.31 (-0.73, 0.11)

 Longest childhood address

-0.09 (-0.65, 0.48)

-0.30 (-0.68, 0.07)

Attention problems

  

 Year prior to age 4–6 study visit

-0.06 (-0.23, 0.10)

-0.06 (-0.17, 0.05)

 Age 1–4

0.01 (-0.17, 0.19)

0.01 (-0.11, 0.12)

 Longest childhood address

0.00 (-0.16, 0.16)

0.00 (-0.10, 0.10)

  1. a Difference (95% confidence interval) in CBCL scores are shown per 0.1 unit higher NDVI and per 10% higher tree cover. Models were adjusted for child sex, child age at outcome assessment, maternal education, household income adjusted for household size, maternal race, socioeconomic COI scale and education COI opportunity, urbanicity, residential stability, maternal IQ, maternal depression, PRQ attachment score, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and preterm birth
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