Table 3 Categorization of samples by size, mean age, design, environmental and physical activity variables

Sample size

<100

36

100 – 199

44¹, 82

200 – 299

33^M, 33^F, 34¹, 34², 74^M

300 – 499

35, 44², 59, 60, 61, 69¹⁴, 74^F, 77^M, 84, 86

500 – 999

31, 38, 53^M, 53^F, 55^M, 57, 62^M, 62^F, 69¹², 77^F, 79, 80

1000 – 2999

25, 26, 30, 39^M, 39^F, 55^F, 58, 68^M, 68^F, 69¹, 69², 69³, 69⁴, 69⁵, 69⁶, 69⁷, 69⁸, 69⁹, 69¹⁰, 69¹¹, 69¹², 69¹³, 69¹⁵, 69¹⁶, 69¹⁷, 73^M, 73^F, 78, 83, 85, 93

3000 – 4999

24, 27^M, 27^F, 39, 42^M, 47, 49, 51^M, 51^F, 52, 56^M, 56^F, 66, 71^M, 71^F, 72^M, 72^F, 76, 87, 88¹, 88²

5000 – 9999

29^M, 29^F, 32, 37, 40^M, 40^F, 41^M, 41^F, 42^F, 43^MI, 43^MII, 43^FI, 43^FII, 48, 54, 64, 70, 73, 75

≥ 10000

28, 45^M, 45^F, 46, 50, 63, 65^M, 65^F, 67, 81, 89, 90, 91, 92

Mean age (years)

18.0 – 29.9

57, 79

30.0 – 39.9

34, 36, 51, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 80, 90, 91

40.0 – 49.9

24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46, 49, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 76, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 93

50.0 – 59.9

27, 32, 48, 60, 61

60.0 – 64.9

40, 41, 47, 62

only provision of age range

30, 31, 37, 43, 50, 54, 56, 63, 64, 69, 70, 93

Study design

Cross-sectional

24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93

Longitudinal

43

Measurement environment

Objective

27, 28, 30, 32, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53, 56, 65, 66, 70, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92

Subjective

24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 59, 60, 63, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 85, 93

Both

29, 31, 48, 54, 55, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 81

Measurement PA

Objective

36, 64, 74, 75, 90, 91

Subjective

24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93

Both

82, 83, 84,85, 86

Environmental variables

Walkability

36, 59, 61, 78, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87

Residential density

32, 33, 34, 53, 55, 87

Land use mix diversity

32, 33, 34, 62, 80

Street connectivity

32, 33, 34, 62, 85

Access to shops/services/work

31, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 46, 53, 54, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 67, 70, 74, 77, 85, 88, 90, 91

Access to public transport

33, 34, 35, 46, 50, 53, 57, 93

Access to recr. facilities

24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 40, 39, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 85, 91, 92

Walking/cycling facilities

26, 33, 34, 35, 57, 58, 62, 64, 74, 80, 85, 90, 91

Safety

39, 46, 48, 49, 54, 55, 63, 71, 72, 73, 74, 80, 85

Traffic-related safety

26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 39, 41, 46, 55, 58, 62, 64, 70, 79, 80, 85, 90, 91

Crime-related safety

26, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40, 46, 49, 58, 62, 63, 67, 70, 75, 79, 85, 88, 90, 91

Aesthetics

29, 31, 33, 34, 69, 39, 49, 54, 55, 58, 63, 73, 74, 79, 80, 85, 88, 91

Hilliness

64, 80, 91

Urbanization

25, 26, 27, 29, 35, 42, 43, 45, 51, 54, 56, 62, 64, 66, 67, 70, 81, 84, 89, 90, 91

Quality of the environment

29, 54, 61, 71, 72, 74, 77

PA variables

Total PA

24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 56, 57, 58, 61, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

Leisure-time PA (LTPA)

27, 29, 34, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 52, 55, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 70, 70, 73, 75, 77, 81, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89

Total walking

26, 33, 39, 42, 54, 61, 67, 71, 92, 93

Total cycling

92, 93

Recreational walking

34, 40, 52, 63, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 92

Recreational cycling

40, 41, 52, 82, 84, 92

Active transportation

34, 51, 57, 58, 62, 88

Walking for transportation

50, 52, 63, 77, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 92

Cycling for transportation

35, 38, 41, 50, 52, 53, 59, 64, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90, 91, 92