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. 2014 Aug 28;11:E147. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.140047

Table 3. Association of Total Minutes Per Week of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity With Environmental Variables Among Mexican Adults, Overall and by Buffer, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2011.

Variable Regression Estimate (SE) [P Value]
Unadjusted Adjusteda
Neighborhood safety
Safe 0 0
Unsafe 0.23 (16.38) [.99] −1.33 (18.50) [.94]
Park safety
Safe 0 0
Unsafe −17.19 (10.11) [.11] −23.17 (9.16) [.08]
Distance to park
Very close (<313 m) 0 0
Medium (313 to <771 m) −2.43 (16.86) [.87] 12.93 (16.18) [.43]
Far (771 to <1,357 m) −4.81 (22.20) [.83] 6.13 (16.61) [.72]
Very far (≥1,357 m) 10.59 (24.19) [.67] 15.56 (18.02) [.40]
No. of public bus routes per buffer
0 0 0
1 −12.69 (19.50) [.52] −7.76 (20.02) [.70]
2–7 −17.99 (19.43) [.36] −15.55 (23.82) [.52]
≥8 −51.72 (15.62) [.002] −23.78 (10.61) [.04]

Variable By Bufferb
500 m
1 km
Unadjusted Adjusteda Unadjusted Adjusteda

Net residential density (no. of single family units/km2 of residential land use in buffer)
Low (<1,583) 0 0 0 0
Medium (1,583 to <2,174) 1.02 (27.01) [.87] −4.72 (23.1) [.84] −37.60 (17.02) [.04] −39.88 (18.20) [.04]
Medium-high (2,174 to <2,730) −9.75 (26.88) [.72] −39.10 (22.65) [.16] −30.38 (21.45) [.24] −40.42 (22.61) [.08]
High (≥2,730) −16.12(23.56) [.50] −30.58 (18.69) [.20] 6.20 (12.31) [.81] −15.99 (18.14) [.49]
Proportion of commercial land use (km2 designated to commercial land use/km2 of buffer)
Low (0%) 0 0 0 0
Medium (0% to <15%) 0.67 (21.47) [.98] −2.77 (20.55) [.89] −9.00 (25.80) [.73] −0.37 (24.17) [.99]
Medium-high (15% to <25%) −7.88 (24.93) [.75] −9.48 (21.06) [.66] −44.31 (20.64) [.04] −26.26 (20.43) [.21]
High (≥25%) −73.18 (16.92) [<.001] −54.51 (15.53) [<.001]c −35.53 (22.13) [.12] −20.27 (20.85) [.34]
Land-use mixd
Low (<0.25) 0 0 0 0
Medium (0.25 to <0.40) 11.03 (18.18) [.55] 6.29 (18.55) [.74] 10.92 (19.07) [.57] 14.44 (19.32) [.46]
Medium-high (0.40 to <0.50) −36.34 (24.06) [.14] −25.61 (20.89) [.23] −18.09 (15.34) [.25] −11.20 (15.24) [.47]
High (≥0.50) −4.33 (26.73) [.87] −12.68 (19.76) [.53] −1.14 (24.20) [.96] −0.39 (21.75) [.99]
Connectivity (no. of 3- and 4-way intersections/km2 of buffer)
Low (<111) 0 0 0 0
Medium (111 to <135) −31.87 (29.88) [.30] −36.14 (22.05) [.11] −6.93 (21.90) [.75] −21.55 (16.94) [.21]
Medium-high (135 to <167) −16.58 (30.20) [.59] −22.63 (31.40) [.48] −41.20 (18.82) [.04] −35.51 (14.67) [.02]
High (≥167) −3.71 (18.49) [.84] −18.68 (18.25) [.32] −16.71 (20.40) [.42] −32.07 (17.49) [.09]
Walkability indexd
Low (less than −45) 0 0 0 0
Medium (−45 to <15) −23.78 (22.19) [.29] −24.35 (18.31) [.20] −8.35 (18.02) [.65] −20.42 (18.91) [.29]
Medium-high (15 to <50) −19.92 (30.83) [.52] −27.11 (26.53) [.32] −36.07 (21.03) [.10] −12.89 (21.54) [.55]
High (≥50) −25.88 (26.16) [.33] −34.30 (21.69) [.13]c 2.59 (23.42) [.91] −46.91 (20.04) [.03]
No. of parks
0 0 0 0 0
1 −13.23 (14.96) [.38] −27.87 (14.90) [.05] −19.25 (19.03) [.32] −10.82 (16.98) [.53]
>2 45.03 (43.78) [.31] 31.61 (35.60) [.38] 5.25 (18.58) [.78] −3.27 (17.73) [.86]
a

Adjusted models control for total accelerometer wear time, sex, age, individual socioeconomic status, education, marital status, motor vehicle ownership, and body mass index.

b

For these variables, 1-km and 500-m street-network buffers were generated around each participant’s household.

c

Significant linear trend (P < .05).

d

See Appendix for definition.