Table 3 Characteristics of the neighbourhood built environment in the study sample stratified for lower limb osteoarthritis ^a

 Number of street connections per km² (mean (SD))

155.1 (87.9)

161.9 (75.2)

153.8 (90.3)

0.12

Distance to health care resources in km

 General practice (median (IQR))

0.6 (0.5–1.0)

0.5 (0.4–0.9)

0.7 (0.5–1.1)

0.10

 General practice center (median (IQR))

5.5 (2.3–9.8)

6.8 (2.1–13.1)

5.4 (2.4–9.4)

0.90

 Pharmacy (median (IQR))

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.6 (0.5–1.0)

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.08

 Hospital with an outside clinic (median (IQR))

3.9 (1.9–6.8)

2.6 (1.6–7.0)

4.1 (2.0–7.0)

0.50

 Hospital without an outside clinic (median (IQR))

4.9 (2.2–9.8)

6.8 (1.8–14.5)

4.9 (2.3–9.4)

0.90

 Physiotherapist (median (IQR))

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.5 (0.4–0.7)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.83

Distance to retail resources in km

 Large supermarket (median (IQR))

0.6 (0.5–0.9)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

0.6 (0.5–0.9)

0.75

 Grocery store (median (IQR))

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.87

 Department store (median (IQR))

1.7 (1.0–4.1)

1.4 (0.9–2.9)

1.9 (1.0–4.3)

0.50

Distance to meeting places in km

 Pub (median (IQR))

0.7 (0.5–1.4)

0.7 (0.5–1.2)

0.7 (0.5–1.4)

0.98

 Cafeteria (median (IQR))

0.5 (0.4–0.7)

0.4 (0.4–0.7)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.89

 Restaurant (median (IQR))

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.6 (0.3–0.8)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.81

Distance to public transport in km

 Train station (median (IQR))

3.2 (1.9–11.4)

2.9 (2.1–12.5)

3.2 (1.7–11.4)

0.99

 Important transfer station (median (IQR))

12.5 (4.6–18.9)

12.3 (4.3–20.9)

12.5 (4.7–18.8)

0.64