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Table 3 Cross-sectional associations between built characteristics and walking, Alberta’s Tomorrow Project, Canada (n = 703), 2008–2015

From: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the built environment and walking: effect modification by socioeconomic status

 

Overall sample

Overall sample

 

Highest education level attained

Household incomea

Crude

(unadjusted)

(n = 703)

Adjusted

(n = 703)

P-value for interaction term

High school

or less

(n = 149)

> High

school

(n = 554)

Low-income

(n = 204)

Not low-income

(n = 499)

b (95% CI)

b (95% CI)

education income

b (95% CI)

b (95% CI)

b (95% CI)

b (95% CI)

Built environment characteristic

 Walkability (per 10-unit increase)

15.52 (−1.51, 34.68)

7.27 (− 11.73, 28.97)

0.069

0.081

− 20.61 (− 55.72, 14.50)

17.52 (− 4.44, 39.48)

−17.01 (− 49.28, 15.25)

17.56 (− 5.40, 40.52)

 Connectivity

−0.63 (− 2.55, 1.83)

−1.75* (− 3.26, − 0.24)

0.029

0.016

−3.74* (− 5.42, − 2.06)

− 0.73 (− 2.77, 1.32)

−3.47* (− 4.87, − 2.07)

−0.03 (− 2.50, 2.43)

 Diversity of destinations

2.99 (− 0.37, 6.91)

1.16 (− 2.43, 5.32)

0.063

0.076

−3.80 (− 9.51, 1.90)

2.84 (− 1.28, 6.97)

−3.50 (− 8.86, 1.86)

2.57 (− 1.60, 6.74)

 Population count

0.04* (0.01, 0.07)

0.03* (0.01, 0.07)

0.226

0.281

    
  1. Note. The cross-sectional analyses were conducted using baseline data. Each model included only one of the built environment variables. Overall adjusted models included age, sex, relationship status, presence/absence of children at home, and season of survey completion. Models with stratum-specific estimates were adjusted for the same covariates and were included in the table wherever the P value for the interaction term was less than 0.10 (model estimates from models with statistically significant interaction terms (P < 0.05) were bolded). Models testing for effect modification by baseline education and household income were each run separately
  2. aHousehold low-income status was determined using the 2006 median income level for Alberta, estimated from the 2006 Statistics Canada Census
  3. *P < 0.05