International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 2 Home and dynamic daily exposures to noise (dB) and greenness (NDVI) per population group

From: Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments

	dB				NDVI
	Home^a	Dynamic^b	Diff. %^c	p^d	Home^a	Dynamic^b	Diff. %^c	p^d
Total (N = 113)	58.66	64.62	− 9.35	0.000	0.237	0.24	0.44	0.708
Sex
Men (N = 55)	58.61	64.42	− 9.03	0.000	0.236	0.23	− 1.53	0.340
Women (N = 58)	58.54	68.40	− 9.66	0.000	0.238	0.24	2.21	0.189
Age
65 to 74 y.o. (N = 58)	65.37	59.29	− 10.26	0.000	0.225	0.235	− 0.23	0.875
75 + y.o. (N = 55)	63.81	57.80	− 10.39	0.000	0.249	0.25	1.07	0.539
Urban layout
Expansion (N = 91)	65.48	58.60	− 11.06	0.000	0.239	0.24	0.47	0.697
Sprawl (N = 6)	58.92	57.50	− 2.48	0.197	0.336	0.31	− 8.92	0.002
Historic District (N = 16)	65.48	58.96	− 11.1	0.000	0.190	0.20	5.44	0.004
Income
High (N = 68)	66.12	59.56	− 11.00	0.000	0.216	0.21	− 1.25	0.272
Low (N = 45)	62.45	57.14	− 9.29	0.000	0.268	0.27	2.33	0.160
Density
High (N = 107)	64.93	58.63	− 10.74	0.000	0.232	0.23	15.48	0.330
Low (N = 6)	58.93	57.5	− 2.48	0.197	0.336	0.31	− 8.92	0.002

^aResidence-based exposure measured on a 600 m street-network buffer from the geocoded participant’s address
^bDynamic-based exposure measured on walking Daily Path Areas
^cDifference between Home and Dynamic exposures as a percentage of home exposure
^dPaired samples t-test

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