Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between nature exposure and antihypertensive medication use
Antihypertensive medication use* | ||||||
Model 1† | Model 2‡ | Model 3§ | ||||
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Amount of residential green space¶ (n=6031) | 1.01 | 0.95 to 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.94 to 1.06 | 0.99 | 0.93 to 1.05 |
Frequency of green space visits (n=5928) | ||||||
Never/<1 time per week | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
1–2 times/week | 0.83 | 0.69 to 1.00 | 0.84 | 0.70 to 1.02 | 0.84 | 0.69 to 1.02 |
3–4 times/week | 0.63 | 0.52 to 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.53 to 0.78 | 0.64 | 0.52 to 0.78 |
≥5 times/week | 0.60 | 0.49 to 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.48 to 0.74 | 0.59 | 0.48 to 0.74 |
Green view from home (n=5982) | ||||||
No | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
Yes, I look at it seldom/occasionally | 1.07 | 0.89 to 1.30 | 1.08 | 0.89 to 1.31 | 1.07 | 0.88 to 1.30 |
Yes, I look at it often | 0.94 | 0.79 to 1.12 | 0.95 | 0.80 to 1.14 | 0.94 | 0.79 to 1.13 |
Amount of residential blue space (n=6031) | ||||||
0% | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
>0%–10% | 1.02 | 0.88 to 1.19 | 1.03 | 0.89 to 1.19 | 1.03 | 0.88 to 1.19 |
>10% | 0.93 | 0.78 to 1.12 | 1.00 | 0.82 to 1.21 | 0.97 | 0.80 to 1.19 |
Blue view from home (n=5993) | ||||||
No | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
Yes, I look at it seldom/occasionally | 0.83 | 0.59 to 1.17 | 0.86 | 0.61 to 1.21 | 0.85 | 0.60 to 1.21 |
Yes, I look at it often | 0.83 | 0.66 to 1.05 | 0.88 | 0.69 to 1.12 | 0.86 | 0.68 to 1.10 |
*Based on the question ’When was the last time you used the following medication?’ Within the last week/1–4 weeks ago/1–12 months ago=YES; never/more than a year ago=NO.
†Model 1 (crude) adjusted for age and sex.
‡Model 2 adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, employment status, annual household income, smoking, alcohol use, physical activity at work, using recreational property during warm season and area-level annual mean income.
§Model 3 (main) adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, employment status, annual household income, smoking, alcohol use, physical activity at work, using recreational property during warm season, area-level annual mean income, road traffic noise and NO2 from road traffic.
¶Within a 1 km radius around the respondent’s home, calculated for 10% increase.