Table 2

Association between NDVI and reporting of depressive symptoms

NDVI 100 mNDVI 300 mNDVI 500 m
Model 1: Unadjusted†
 Quintile 20.87 (0.75 to 1.01)0.87 (0.75 to 1.02)0.88 (0.76 to 1.03)
 Quintile 30.71 (0.61 to 0.82)***0.68 (0.59 to 0.79)***0.68 (0.59 to 0.80)***
 Quintile 40.68 (0.59 to 0.79)***0.71 (0.61 to 0.82)***0.73 (0.63 to 0.85)***
 Quintile 5 (greenest)0.71 (0.61 to 0.82)***0.64 (0.55 to 0.75)***0.59 (0.51 to 0.69)***
Model 2: Adjusted for ethnicity‡
 Quintile 20.89 (0.76 to 1.04)0.90 (0.77 to 1.05)0.93 (0.79 to 1.08)
 Quintile 30.73 (0.62 to 0.86)***0.74 (0.63 to 0.87)***0.77 (0.66 to 0.91)**
 Quintile 40.74 (0.63 to 0.87)***0.77 (0.65 to 0.90)**0.78 (0.67 to 0.92)**
 Quintile 5 (greenest)0.76 (0.65 to 0.90)**0.71 (0.60 to 0.84)***0.66 (0.56 to 0.78)***
Model 3: As model 2+demographics§
 Quintile 20.87 (0.75 to 1.02)0.89 (0.76 to 1.04)0.92 (0.79 to 1.08)
 Quintile 30.73 (0.62 to 0.86)***0.75 (0.64 to 0.88)**0.78 (0.66 to 0.92)**
 Quintile 40.73 (0.62 to 0.86)***0.75 (0.64 to 0.89)**0.79 (0.67 to 0.92)**
 Quintile 5 (greenest)0.76 (0.64 to 0.89)***0.74 (0.62 to 0.87)***0.71 (0.60 to 0.85)***
Model 4: As model 3+socioeconomic indicators¶
 Quintile 20.89 (0.76 to 1.05)0.91 (0.78 to 1.07)0.95 (0.80 to 1.11)
 Quintile 30.78 (0.66 to 0.92)**0.81 (0.68 to 0.96)*0.84 (0.71 to 0.999)*
 Quintile 40.78 (0.65 to 0.93)**0.82 (0.69 to 0.98)*0.85 (0.72 to 1.01)
 Quintile 5 (greenest)0.82 (0.69 to 0.98)*0.84 (0.70 to 1.01)0.81 (0.68 to 0.98)*
Model 5: As model 4+health behaviours††
 Quintile 20.89 (0.76 to 1.05)0.90 (0.77 to 1.06)0.95 (0.81 to 1.11)
 Quintile 30.77 (0.65 to 0.91)**0.80 (0.67 to 0.95)*0.84 (0.71 to 0.996)*
 Quintile 40.77 (0.65 to 0.92)**0.81 (0.68 to 0.97)*0.85 (0.71 to 1.00)
 Quintile 5 (greenest)0.82 (0.69 to 0.98)*0.84 (0.70 to 1.00)0.81 (0.67 to 0.98)*
  • Odds radio and 95% CI reported; Quintile 1 (least green quintile) reference category.

  • Quintile 1 is the least green quintile, and serves as the reference category; quintile 5 is the most green quintile.

  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

  • †n=7547.

  • ‡Adjusted by ethnolanguage group.

  • §Model 2+age, parity, marital and cohabitation status.

  • ¶Model 3+education, financial struggles, household size, IMD index of multiple deprivation.

  • ††Model 4+smoking, alcohol use and physical activity.

  • NDVI, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index.