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. 2012 Apr 3;9:40. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-40

Table 2.

Participant characteristics by high and low walkability and neighborhood site

High-walkability (n = 86) Low-walkability (n = 62) All (N = 148)
Characteristic Neighborhood A Neighborhood B Neighborhood C Neighborhood D
Age (Yrs) 62.2 ± 8.6 62.9 ± 7.2 68.1 ± 7.9* 65.7 ± 9.1 64.3 ± 8.4
Gender (% Women) 83.3 78.9 78.8 75.8 79.7
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 ± 5.7 27.0 ± 6.0 27.7 ± 5.6 28.3 ± 5.2 27.5 ± 5.6
Marital Status (% Married) 85.4 86.8 84.8 86.2 85.8
Live Alone (%) 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.0 0.03
Household Income (%)
< $30,000/yr 18.8 13.2 15.2 13.8 15.5
> $30,000/yr 81.2 86.8 84.8 86.2 84.5
Education Attainment Level
High School (%) 37.5 34.2 30.3 31.0 31.2
College/Advanced (%) 62.5 65.8 69.7 69.0 68.8
Chronic Conditions (#) 2.7 ± 1.7 2.9 ± 1.3 2.3 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 1.6 2.7 ± 1.5
Years in Current House (#) 26.3 ± 11.6 22.8 ± 13.1 23.4 ± 9.9 22.9 ± 10.1 23.1 ± 10.5

Note: *Different from Neighborhood A (p < 0.05)