Table 4

The joint effect of NDVI−100 m buffer and distance to a city park on the clinically diagnosed asthma in 4−6-year-old children

One hundred metres buffer NDVI and distance to a city park (m)Asthma cases
No (%)
Unadjusted ORAdjusted* OR (95% CI)
NDVI-100≤median and to city park >10009 (6.5)ReferenceReference
NDVI-100≤median and to city park ≤100041 (6.7)1.04 (0.47 to 2.37)1.15 (0.50 to 2.62)
NDVI-100>median and to city park >100012 (9.0)1.42 (0.54 to 3.81)1.47 (0.56 to 3.87)
NDVI-100>median and to city park ≤100050 (8.2)1.30 (0.60 to 2.91)1.27 (0.56 to 2.86)
  • *Adjusted for: maternal smoking during pregnancy, antibiotic use during the first year of life, parental asthma, maternal education, mother's age at childbirth, keeping a cat during the past 12 months, breastfeeding, living in a flat, PM2.5 and NO2.

  • NDVI, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index.