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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2014 Summer;24(3):370–375.

Table 1.

Health outcomes in high and low income neighborhoodsa

Low Income, n=120 Mean (SD) High Income, n=96 Mean (SD)
BMI, kg/m2 31.5 (9.5) 31.2 (7.8)
Body fat, % 35.1 (12.5) 34.5 (13.4)
Systolic BP, mm Hg 121.1 (16.9) 122.0 (18.4)
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 75.1 (13.4) 72.6 (12.0)
Total PA, MET-min/week 4890.2 (5118.4) 3687.3 (4398.4)
Sitting time, hours per weekday 4.6 (3.0) 4.3 (3.5)

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; PA, physical activity; MET, metabolic equivalent of task.

a

No significant differences in outcomes by high- or low-income neighborhoods.