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Table 1 Description of study participants with PA data and valid address

From: Cross-sectional associations between the neighborhood built environment and physical activity in a rural setting: the Bogalusa Heart Study

Variable

Full Sample

10.56 < Overall mRALA score

10.56 ≥ Overall mRALA score

 
 

N = 1245

n = 515

n = 730

p-value*

Female, n (%)

735 (59.0)

308 (59.7)

427 (58.4)

0.63

Drink alcohol, n (%)

1094 (87.9)

457 (88.9)

637 (87.5)

0.45

Smoke, n (%)

   

0.56

 Current

245 (19.7)

94 (18.3)

151 (20.7)

 

 Former

195 (15.7)

83 (16.1)

112 (15.3)

 

 Never

805 (64.7)

338 (65.6)

467 (64.0)

 

Race, n (%)

   

0.53

 White

820 (65.9)

327 (63.6)

493 (67.5)

 

 Black

422 (33.9)

186 (36.2)

236 (32.3)

 

Education, n (%)

   

0.99

  < High school

196 (15.7)

81 (15.7)

115 (15.8)

 

  ≥ High school

1049 (84.3)

434 (84.3)

615 (84.2)

 

Income, n (%)

   

1.00

  < $25,000

469 (37.7)

194 (37.7)

275 (37.7)

 

  ≥ $25,000

776 (62.3)

321 (62.3)

455 (62.3)

 

≥150 min/wk. MVPA, n (%)

336 (27.0)

144 (28.0)

192 (26.3)

0.52

Total PA (MET-minutes/wk), mean ± SD

470.3 ± 783.3

490.8 ± 788.1

455.8 ± 780.2

0.44

Transport PA (MET-minutes/wk), mean ± SD

43.5 ± 162.0

46.7 ± 160.5

41.2 ± 163.1

0.56

Leisure PA (MET-minutes/wk), mean ± SD

230.4 ± 436.6

256.1 ± 483.3

212.2 ± 399.8

0.09

BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD

31.4 ± 7.8

31.3 ± 7.9

31.5 ± 7.8

0.79

Age, mean ± SD

48.1 ± 5.2

48.4 ± 5.2

47.9 ± 5.3

0.13

Tract, population density, mean ± SD

587.4 ± 1135.9

952.0 ± 1623.0

330.9 ± 432.7

< 0.0001

Tract, proportion poverty, mean ± SD

0.3 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.45

  1. PA Physical activity, SD standard deviation, min minutes, wk. week, BMI body mass index, RALA Rural Active Living Assessment
  2. *p-value is for the comparison of participants living on street segments below the average overall street segment score of 10.56 to those living on a street segment at or above the mean overall street segment score