Table 1.
Baseline individual and neighborhood measures, by treatment group
| Mean (SD)a or Percent | ||
|
Intervention Neighborhoods (n = 28) |
Control Neighborhoods (n = 28) |
|
| Participants per neighborhood | 9.36 (3.0) | 9.93 (1.7) |
| Individual-level characteristics | ||
| Age | 74.8 (2.3) | 74.4 (2.1) |
| Female (%)* | 76.5 | 64.9 |
| Less than high school education (%) | 47.9 | 42.8 |
| Very good or excellent health (%)* | 90.4 | 80.8 |
| Neighborhood-level characteristics | ||
| Neighborhood poverty(%)b | 24 | 22 |
| Neighborhood safety* | 4.4 (0.30) | 4.6 (0.22) |
| Neighborhood Walkability | ||
| Walkability score | 1.2 (5.8) | 3.3 (6.7) |
* P < 0.05
a SD = standard deviation
b Percent of households in the neighborhood with incomes < $15,000.
Walkability score includes the following quarter and half-mile built environment measures: High volume streets (%), sidewalk coverage (%), intersection frequency, bus line frequency, bus stop frequency, and walking destination frequency.