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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2009 Apr 7;15(4):946–951. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.03.001

Table 2.

Theoretically reduced GIS variables and Spearman correlation coefficients with Metabolic Syndrome, Twin Cities, 2007

Description Environmental features (n=26) Metabolic
Syndrome
(n=188)		 Percent
Body
Fat		 Insulin HDL Triglycerides Systolic
Blood
Pressure
Density Residential Density, 1600m network 0.1016 0.0996 −0.0022 −0.081 −0.0724 −0.0401
Pedestrian Infrastructure Distance to Transit −0.0457 −0.0573 0.0562 0.0381 0.0752 0.1135
Density of Transit, 1600m network 0.0172 0.0581 −0.0636 −0.006 −0.0815 −0.1861*
Land Use Mix Employment Density, 1600m network 0.0776 0.0761 −0.0231 −0.1117 −0.0654 −0.0409
Percent Land Use –residential 0.0749 0.0376 0.0046 −0.0176 −0.0147 −0.0497
Percent Land Use –park and recreation −0.1320 −0.0549 −0.1351 0.0738 −0.0941 −0.0379
Percent Land Use –vacant −0.0804 −0.0129 0.0511 0.1233 0.0187 0.0439
Street Pattern Median block size, 1600m network −0.0338 −0.0798 0.0782 −0.0158 0.0946 0.0178
Number of access points, 1600m network 0.1160 0.1188 −0.026 −0.1016 −0.0058 −0.051
Intersection density, 1600m network 0.0953 0.0828 −0.0018 −0.0115 −0.0742 −0.0761
Restaurants Distance to Fast Food 0.0921 −0.1447* −0.0211 0.0649 0.0163 0.0691
Density of Fast Food, 1600m network 0.0343 0.0808 −0.0574 −0.0595 0.0025 −0.0894
Distance to Non Fast Food −0.0774 −0.014 0.0037 0.0872 0.0967 0.0202
Density of Non Fast Food, 1600m network 0.0872 0.0122 0.0126 −0.116 −0.0125 0.0035
Food Stores Distance to grocery stores −0.0676 −0.0702 −0.0173 0.095 0.0504 0.0911
Density grocery stores, 1600m network 0.1011 0.1699* 0.0005 −0.0378 −0.0436 −0.104
Distance to large grocery −0.1103 −0.1157 0.0395 0.0769 0.03 0.0584
Density large grocery, 1600m network 0.1098 0.2305* 0.0164 0.0451 −0.0151 −0.1349
Distance to convenience/gas −0.1634* −0.0969 −0.0479 0.1562* −0.065 −0.0376
Density convenience/gas, 1600m network 0.1028 0.0866 −0.0065 −0.1084 0.035 0.093
Busy streets, 1600m network −0.0608 −0.0888 −0.0336 −0.1112 0.0845 0.0011
Distance to parks 0.0164 0.0525 0.0124 −0.1027 0.0058 0.0708
Physical Activity Distance to gym −0.0330 −0.0221 −0.0224 0.046 −0.053 0.0567
Distance to recreation center −0.0185 −0.0136 0.0365 0.0478 0.0117 −0.0004
Distance to walking/biking trail −0.0501 −0.0765 0.1186 −0.0142 0.0638 −0.0531
Distance to School 0.0196 0.0402 0.0359 0.0264 0.0027 0.0102

Bolded items represent associations at p≤ 0.10

*

Statistically significant at p≤ 0.05

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