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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Jun 26;47(4):481–486. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.05.008

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the sample

Variable Overall sample
M (SD) Range
Demographics
 Age 37.11
52.2
(4.52) 30.00–45.00
 Gender, % male %
 Education, years 13.13 (2.52) 6.00–17.00
 BMI 24.95 (2.44) 18.73–30.36
 Days in U.S. at baseline assessment 40.99 (24.71) 6.00–123.00
 Habitual physical activity in Cuba 3.13 (0.69) 1.00–5.00
Predictor variables
 UDB-distance, milesa 5.35 (3.41) −2.35–15.73
 CBD-distance, miles 9.48 (4.98) 0.12–26.51
Mediator variable
 Walk Score® 59.26 (16.43) 2.00–98.00
Outcome variables
 Amount of purposive walking in last week, minutes
(in U.S.)
121.5 6 (251.2
8)
0.00–
1260.00
a

Positive values for UDB-distances correspond to participants whose residential addresses were inside the UDB.

Negative values for UDB-distances correspond to participants whose addresses were outside the UDB boundary (i.e., beyond the extent of allowable urban expansion). 1

CBD, Central Business District; UDB, Urban Development Boundary.