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Table 1 Characteristics of study population (n = 97)

From: Neighbourhood walkability and home neighbourhood-based physical activity: an observational study of adults with type 2 diabetes

 

Overall

Quartile of neighbourhood walkabilitya

 

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age, years

59.5 (10.5)

60.6 (12.5)

58.8 (7.9)

57.7 (11.0)

60.6 (10.5)

Body mass index, kg/m2

31.5 (4.5)

32.2 (4.9)

32.6 (4.9)

30.9 (4.0)

30.5 (3.9)

Time since diabetes diagnosis, years

10.3 (7.6)

9.9 (8.3)

9.6 (8.3)

10.8 (5.7)

11.1 (8.0)

Years at current residential address

18.9 (13.9)

22.9 (14.1)

15.9 (10.8)

20.1 (14.4)

17.0 (15.7)

Daily steps, count

4980 (2798)

4261 (1970)

5957 (3214)

4256 (2548)

5359 (3026)

Residential self-selection

0.001 (0.93)

−0.48 (0.71)

−0.12 (0.90)

0.06 (0.85)

0.53 (0.96)

Valid wear time, days

5.9 (1.0)

6.0 (1.0)

5.8 (1.1)

5.6 (0.9)

6.0 (1.1)

Total valid monitoring wear-time overall, hours

86.1 (21.1)

90.6 (21.0)

84.3 (21.8)

83.7 (20.3)

85.9 (21.7)

Total valid monitoring wear-time in neighbourhoods, hours

1.7 (2.8)

0.8 (0.5)

1.5 (1.3)

2.6 (5.3)

1.9 (1.5)

Time in neighbourhood, %

1.9 (2.4)

0.8 (0.6)

1.9 (2.1)

2.6 (3.7)

2.3 (2.0)

Total VeDBA

     

 Overall

615,687 (240,065)

601,822 (292,986)

619,913 (218,942)

611,492 (229,354)

628,632 (227,385)

 In residential neighbourhoods (excluding home)

26,113 (39,149)

12,021 (13,781)

23,811 (27,747)

36,999 (67,888)

31,929 (24,518)

 

%

%

%

%

%

Women

43.3

33.3

32.0

60.9

48.0

Married/common-law

69.1

70.8

68.0

73.9

64.0

University education

53.6

70.8

60.0

30.4

52.0

Employed

61.9

58.3

64.0

65.2

60.0

Immigrant

51.6

45.8

44.0

56.5

60.0

Depressed mood

30.9

29.2

16.0

43.5

36.0

Dog ownership

16.5

29.2

12.0

13.0

12.0

Ever smoker

44.3

54.2

48.0

26.1

48.0

Insulin use

30.9

33.3

20.0

26.1

44.0

Car access

74.2

91.7

80.0

60.9

64.0

Spring/summer assessment (versus fall/winter)

40.2

33.3

24.0

47.8

56.0

  1. aQuartile cut-offs for the GIS-derived walkability index: Quartile 1: < −1.91 (n = 24); Quartile 2: ≥ − 1.91 < −0.04 (n = 25); Quartile 3: ≥ − 0.04 < 1.40 (n = 23); Quartile 4: ≥1.40 (n = 25); Neighbourhood walkability was based on polygonal-shaped buffers