Table 5.1 (continued)
References Country, city Aim
HEALTH
Study design
Green space metrics
and buffer
Confounder
Main results
Xu et al.
(2017)
China, Hong
Kong
Analysis of the
relationship between
green space and
mortality.
Mortality
(cardiovascular,
diabetes, chronic
respiratory, lung
cancer
mortality)
Mortality data for
every registered
death during the
period of
2006–2011 from
the Hong Kong
Census and
Statistics
Department;
Negative
binomial
regression
models;
Generalised
Estimating
Equations; GIS
analysis
NDVI, no buffer
used
Income, education,
employment status,
population density,
sex
Higher NDVI values were
significantly associated with
lower cardiovascular and
diabetes mortality, and
non-significantly associated
with lower chronic respiratory
mortality. Associations were
stronger for males and
low-income area residents