Table 2.

Neighborhood characteristics by person-level characteristics^*. Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000 –2007, n=4008.

	Neighborhood Scales
	Healthy foods environment	Walking environment
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Demographics
Age, baseline (yrs)
45-<55	3.87 ±0.31	3.51 ±0.57
55-<65	3.88 ±0.32	3.51 ±0.60
65-<75	3.86 ±0.32	3.49 ±0.63
75+	3.88 ±0.32	3.57 ±0.57
Sex
Female	3.88 ±0.32	3.53 ±0.61
Race/ethnicity
Caucasian	3.96 ±0.37	3.48 ±0.72
Chinese	3.77 ±0.25	3.66 ±0.28
African American	3.81 ±0.26	3.33 ±0.62
Hispanic	3.81 ±0.23	3.64 ±0.39
Acculturation index
Low	3.76 ±0.22	3.67 ±0.29
Medium	3.89 ±0.29	3.73 ±0.43
High/US born	3.90 ±0.34	3.41 ±0.68
Socioeconomic status
Per capita family income
Lowest tertitle	3.76 ±0.23	3.53 ±0.42
Middle	3.84 ±0.28	3.43 ±0.59
Highest tertile	3.98 ±0.37	3.56 ±0.71
Assets
Few assets	3.78 ±0.23	3.61 ±0.40
High assets	3.89 ±0.33	3.48 ±0.64
Education
<High school	3.76 ±0.21	3.54 ±0.42
High school	3.78 ±0.27	3.41 ±0.55
Some college	3.85 ±0.31	3.46 ±0.58
BA or more	3.96 ±0.35	3.58 ±0.67
Other risk factors
Smoking
Never	3.85 ±0.31	3.51 ±0.59
Former	3.90 ±0.33	3.52 ±0.63
Current	3.85 ±0.30	3.48 ±0.56
Healthy eating index (higher is better)
Low tertile	3.83 ±0.30	3.45 ±0.58
Middle tertile	3.87 ±0.32	3.52 ±0.59
High tertile	3.90 ±0.34	3.55 ±0.62
Physical activity hours per day
Low tertile	3.79 ±0.29	3.46 ±0.55
Middle tertile	3.87 ±0.31	3.51 ±0.59
High tertile	3.93 ±0.33	3.56 ±0.64
Body mass index, kg/m2
<25	3.89 ±0.33	3.57 ±0.60
25-<30, overweight	3.85 ±0.31	3.47 ±0.59

^*Tests for trend were <0.001 for physical activity hours and walking environment and healthy eating and healthy food environment.