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

Table 4. Association of Minutes Per Week of 10-Minute Boutsa 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 Adjustedb
Neighborbood safety
Safe 0 0
Unsafe −5.00 (6.55) [.45] −2.61 (7.38) [.73]
Park safety
Safe 0 0
Unsafe −10.60 (6.56) [.09] −12.00 (7.01) [.05]
Distance to park
Very close (<313 m) 0 0
Medium (313 to <771 m) 5.17 (6.76) [.45] 9.91 (7.00) [.17]
Far (771 to <1,357 m) 4.92 (8.68) [.58] 8.16 (7.72) [.30]
Very far (≥1,357 m) 4.44 (10.18) [.67] 8.24 (11.51) [.48]
No. of public bus routes per buffer
0 0 0
1 2.66 (0.26) [.80] −1.59 (11.09) [.89]
2–7 −5.39 (8.13) [.51] −4.51 (11.42) [.70]
≥8 −10.70 (11.29) [.35] −6.95 (12.29) [.58]

Variable By Bufferc
500 m
1 km
Unadjusted Adjustedb Unadjusted Adjustedb

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) −3.87(11.59) [.74] −7.97 (12.00) [.51] −21.28 (7.12) [.04] −24.32 (6.24) [.03]
Medium-high (2,174 to <2,730) −15.87 (7.72) [.17] −22.87 (10.55) [.05] −16.95 (12.80) [.15] −23.34 (10.88) [.05]
High (≥2,730) −10.46 (9.74) [.40] −21.68 (9.32) [.04] −1.55 (15.22) [.91] −8.92 (10.30) [.50]
Proportion of commercial land use (km2 designated to commercial land use/km2 of buffer)
Low (0%) 0 0 0 0
Medium (0% to <15%) 3.20 (10.70 [.77] −0.82 (10.50) [.94] −0.91 (9.92) [.93] 1.56 (9.75) [.87]
Medium-high (15% to <25%) −4.12 (9.07) [.65] −8.59 (9.48) [.37] −7.46 (11.07) [.51] −5.70 (10.84) [.60]
High (≥25%) −32.64 (8.32) [<.001]d −33.96 (8.28) [.001]d −16.35 (10.79) [.14] −20.31 (13.42) [.11]
Land-use mixd
Low (<0.25) 0 0 0 0
Medium (0.25 to <0.40) 0.73 (8.60) [.93] −5.49 (9.06) [.55] 2.93 (10.34) [.78] 1.03 (11.17) [.93]
Medium-high (0.40 to <0.50) −19.58 (14.46) [.19] −20.65 (12.96) [.12] −20.72 (8.57) [.02] −22.33 (9.64) [.03]
High (≥0.50) −16.44 (11.62) [.17] −19.17 (11.63) [.11] −12.42 (13.10) [.35] −17.34 (8.27) [.05]
Connectivity (number of 3- and 4-way intersections/km2 of buffer)
Low (<111) 0 0 0 0.
Medium (111 to <135) −8.79 (11.98) [.47] −8.68 (10.15) [.40] −6.58 (10.32) [.53] −9.24 (10.63) [.39]
Medium-high (135 to <167) −8.33 (17.49) [.64] −11.54 (16.65) [.49] −13.75 (9.10) [.14] −18.33 (10.37) [.09]
High (≥167) −7.95 (9.93) [.43] −10.35 (10.63) [.34] −5.95 (9.92) [.55] −9.48 (6.91) [.12]
Walkability indexd
Low (less than −45) 0 0 0 0
Medium (−45 to <15) −9.84 (12.18) [.43] −10.22 (11.47) [.38] −16.79 (9.48) [.09] −22.25 (10.22) [.04]
Medium-high (15 to <50) −16.54 (12.23) [.19] −18.31 (12.94) [.17] −28.23 (9.31) [.01] −34.21 (10.01) [<.001]
High (≥50) −29.89 (11.96) [.02]d −31.49 (12.93) [.02]d −6.25 (12.47) [.62] −12.65 (13.19) [.35]
No. of parks
0 0 0 0 0
1 −11.96 (6.24) [.07] −16.84 (8.19) [.03] −0.02 (11.80) [.99] 0.24 (12.38) [.98]
≥2 25.91 (27.18) [.35] 20.51 (26.16) [.44] 1.15 (10.44) [.91] −2.17 (11.13) [.85]
a

Only activity recorded as moderate-to-vigorous bouts of at least 10 minutes; at least 80% of bout had to be moderate-to-vigorous activity (ie, no breaks of ≥2 minutes).

b

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

c

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

d

Significant linear trend (P < .05).