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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Geospat Health. 2014 Nov;9(1):37–44. doi: 10.4081/gh.2014.4

Table 2.

Student-level multivariable analyses of environmental factors along school routes predicting active commuting and physical activity.

Built environmental variable Active commuting to schoola
MVPAb
Regression coefficient Standard error (SE) P-value Regression coefficient Standard error (SE) P-value
Sidewalk 0.003 0.007 0.64 0.002 0.005 0.66
Land-use mix 17.8 34.8 0.61 60.0 24.3 0.02
Street connectivity −3.84 4.02 0.34 −5.57 2.62 0.04
Traffic volume 0.001 0.003 0.62 −0.003 0.002 0.04
Street connectivity x traffic volume −0.00005 0.0002 0.84 0.0004 0.0002 0.02
Traffic signals 1.85 9.66 0.85 0.68 5.68 0.91
Police - - - - - -
Bicycle paths 0.005 0.020 0.98 −0.03 0.02 0.07
Major roads 0.02 0.02 0.39 0.02 0.01 0.23
Parks −0.008 0.004 0.03 −0.0009 0.002 0.73
a

Model adjusted for distance, parent acculturation, parent outcome expectations, study group, study period and the interaction between study group and study period;

b

moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; highly significant results in bold.