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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study participants

From: Neighbourhood and path-based greenspace in three European countries: associations with objective physical activity

Characteristics

Mean (SD) or N (%)

Neighbourhood Greenspace (n = 118)

Trip-based Greenspace (n = 60)

Age (years)

35.0 (5.1)

34.8 (4.0)

Sex

 Male

43 (36.4%)

20 (33.3%)

 Female

75 (63.6%)

40 (66.7%)

Daily MVPA-minutes

11.9 (9.8)

–

METs

–

3.8 (1.3)

MET-minutes

–

37.0 (39.0)

Duration (minutes)

–

9.3 (7.7)

Valid data days

–

6.5 (2.9)

Walk score

 300 m residential

−0.02 (2.31)

 

 1000 m residential

−0.04 (2.34)

 

 50 m trip-based

 

0.02 (1.86)

Study Centre Participants

 Athens

25 (21.2%)

20 (33.3%)

 Edinburgh

26 (22.0%)

11 (18.3%)

 Thessaloniki

23 (19.5%)

0 (0.0%)

 Utrecht

44 (37.3%)

29 (48.3%)

Car owner

104 (88.1%)

58 (96.7%)

Dog owner

5 (4.2%)

4 (6.7%)

Season monitored

 Winter

13 (11.0%)

4 (6.4%)

 Spring

39 (33.1%)

15 (23.8%)

 Summer

49 (41.5%)

35 (55.6%)

 Autumn

17 (14.4%)

9 (14.3%)

University educated

88 (74.6%)

54 (90.0%)

Employed

93 (78.8%)

52 (86.7%)

Any bluespace

13 (11.0%)

19 (31.7%)

NDVI (−0.1 to 1.0)

 300 m residential

0.31 (0.16)

 

 1000 m residential

0.35 (0.18)

 

 50 m trip-based

–

0.27 (0.15)

TCD (Percentage)

 300 m residential

10.5 (10.4)

 

 1000 m residential

11.7 (11.2)

 

 50 m trip-based

–

9.2 (10.6)

GLU (Proportion)

 300 m residential

0.07 (0.11)

 

 1000 m residential

0.13 (0.13)

 

 50 m trip-based

–

0.08 (0.16)

Meteorological factors

 Temperature (°C)

–

22.1 (6.6)

 Days with rain

–

2.0 (4.5)

 Wind speed (knots)

–

13.5 (5.7)