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. 2025 Sep 14;4(10):102146. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102146

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Walk Score and Area Deprivation Index for All Participants

Walk Score:
All
Participants
(N = 756)
Least
Walkable Areas
(Q1)
(n = 173)
More
Walkable Areas
(Q2-Q4)
(n = 583)
P Valuea ADI:
All
Participants
(N = 750)
Most
Deprived Areas
(Q4)
(n = 191)
Less Deprived Areas
(Q1-Q3)
(n = 559)
P Valuea
Sex
 Male 425 (56.2%) 109 (63.0%) 316 (54.2%) 0.04b 422 (56.3%) 95 (49.7%) 327 (58.5%) 0.04b
 Female 331 (43.8%) 64 (37.0%) 267 (45.8%) 328 (43.7%) 96 (50.3%) 232 (41.5%)
Race
 White 551 (72.9%) 163 (94.2%) 388 (66.6%) <0.001b 546 (72.8%) 69 (36.1%) 477 (85.3%) <0.001b
 Black 189 (25.0%) 8 (4.6%) 181 (31.0%) 188 (25.1%) 116 (60.7%) 72 (12.9%)
 Other/refused 16 (2.1%) 2 (1.2%) 14 (2.4%) 16 (2.1%) 6 (3.1%) 10 (1.8%)
Age
 ≤65 y 411 (54.4%) 84 (48.6%) 327 (56.1%) 0.08 409 (54.5%) 130 (68.1%) 279 (49.9%) <0.001b
 >65 y 345 (45.6%) 89 (51.4%) 256 (43.9%) 341 (45.5%) 61 (31.9%) 280 (50.1%)
NYHA functional class
 II 286 (37.8%) 61 (35.3%) 225 (38.6%) 0.29 286 (38.1%) 72 (37.7%) 214 (38.3%) 0.43
 III 392 (51.9%) 98 (56.6%) 294 (50.4%) 388 (51.7%) 95 (49.7%) 293 (52.4%)
 IV 78 (10.3%) 14 (8.1%) 64 (11.0%) 76 (10.1%) 24 (12.6%) 52 (9.3%)
Education
 ≤High school 355 (47.0%) 79 (45.7%) 276 (47.3%) 0.70 351 (46.8%) 92 (48.2%) 259 (46.3%) 0.66
 >High school 401 (53.0%) 94 (54.3%) 307 (52.7%) 399 (53.2%) 99 (51.8%) 300 (53.7%)
Married
 Single 172 (22.8%) 28 (16.2%) 144 (24.7%) <0.001b 171 (22.8%) 76 (39.8%) 95 (17.0%) <0.001b
 Married 318 (42.1%) 103 (59.5%) 215 (36.9%) 314 (41.9%) 38 (19.9%) 276 (49.4%)
 Other 266 (35.2%) 42 (24.3%) 224 (38.4%) 265 (35.3%) 77 (40.3%) 188 (33.6%)
PHQ-9 12.0 ± 5.7 11.6 ± 5.8 12.1 ± 5.6 0.33 12.0 ± 5.7 12.0 ± 5.9 12.0 ± 5.6 0.95
SF-12 PCS 30.9 ± 10.5 30.6 ± 10.3 30.9 ± 10.6 0.72 30.9 ± 10.5 30.9 ± 10.6 30.8 ± 10.5 0.93
SF-12 MCS 43.5 ± 12.7 44.3 ± 13.3 43.3 ± 12.6 0.34 43.5 ± 12.8 43.2 ± 13.2 43.6 ± 12.7 0.69
KCCQ-12 46.6 ± 23.8 48.3 ± 24.1 46.1 ± 23.8 0.30 46.7 ± 23.9 45.2 ± 24.2 47.2 ± 23.8 0.32
Hypertension 648 (85.8%) 147 (85.0%) 501 (86.1%) 0.71 643 (85.8%) 169 (88.5%) 474 (84.9%) 0.23
SBP 133.9 ± 88.5 134.9 ± 110.9 133.6 ± 81.7 0.88 134.0 ± 88.7 128.5 ± 20.6 136.0 ± 103.0 0.36
DBP 81.5 ± 92.8 84.4 ± 116.9 80.8 ± 85.4 0.70 81.6 ± 93.0 74.1 ± 17.2 84.3 ± 108.2 0.23
Diabetes 388 (51.4%) 81 (46.8%) 307 (52.7%) 0.17 385 (51.4%) 95 (49.7%) 290 (52.0%) 0.60
Ejection fraction 28.3 ± 9.1 28.7 ± 8.7 28.1 ± 9.3 0.51 28.3 ± 9.1 27.9 ± 9.9 28.4 ± 8.8 0.51
Tobacco use
 No 252 (33.4%) 59 (34.1%) 193 (33.2%) 0.81 249 (33.2%) 64 (33.5%) 185 (33.2%) 0.003b
 Quit >1 y 294 (38.9%) 71 (41.0%) 223 (38.3%) 292 (39.0%) 62 (32.5%) 230 (41.2%)
 Quit <1 y 115 (15.2%) 23 (13.3%) 92 (15.8%) 114 (15.2%) 27 (14.1%) 87 (15.6%)
 Current 94 (12.5%) 20 (11.6%) 74 (12.7%) 94 (12.6%) 38 (19.9%) 56 (10.0%)

Values are n (%) or mean ± SD.

ADI = Area Deprivation Index; KCCQ = Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; MCS-12 = Mental Component of 12-Item Short Form Survey; PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire; SBP = systolic blood pressure; SF-12 = Physical Component of 12-item Short Form Survey.

a

Pearson's chi-square test or t-test.

b

Significant result with P value < 0.05.