Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors in australian adults: an observational study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence and adjusted odds ratios of cardiometabolic risk factors for participants of high vs. less walkable neighborhoods (at 1,600 m buffer) overall, and for men and for women separately

			Model A			Model B
	Less walkable neighborhoods (%)	High walkable neighborhoods (%)	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
		overall
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	19.7	15.8	0.84	0.7 to 1	0.049	0.86	0.7 to 1.05	0.139
Hypertension	33.0	31.3	0.93	0.8 to 1.08	0.336	0.91	0.75 to 1.09	0.299
Hypercholesterolaemia	34.7	35.6	1.02	0.88 to 1.2	0.771	1.04	0.85 to 1.26	0.711
Diabetes mellitus	7.2	6.5	0.95	0.72 to 1.25	0.726	1.08	0.72 to 1.62	0.701
		male
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	18.2	14.3	0.75	0.56 to 1.01	0.056	0.82	0.59 to 1.14	0.229
Hypertension	32.3	30.2	0.9	0.72 to 1.14	0.398	1	0.74 to 1.34	0.981
Hypercholesterolaemia	35.3	35.6	1.05	0.83 to 1.32	0.687	1.1	0.82 to 1.48	0.526
Diabetes mellitus	9.1	8.9	1.14	0.78 to 1.66	0.489	1.26	0.72 to 2.21	0.425
		female
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)	20.9	16.9	0.89	0.71 to 1.12	0.319	0.88	0.68 to 1.14	0.336
Hypertension	33.5	32.1	0.94	0.77 to 1.14	0.53	0.86	0.67 to 1.09	0.203
Hypercholesterolaemia	34.3	35.7	1	0.81 to 1.23	0.994	1	0.77 to 1.3	0.991
Diabetes mellitus	5.8	4.8	0.76	0.51 to 1.15	0.194	0.92	0.51 to 1.66	0.779

BMI: Body Mass Index, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, Model A: Less walkable neighborhoods=reference category; Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, education level, household income, and marital status, Model B: Less walkable neighborhoods=reference category; Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, education level, household income, marital status, plus physical activity and sedentary behavior, Bold data: highlight statistically significant associations (p-value <0.05).

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