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. 2014 Nov;134(5):942–949. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1286

TABLE 2.

Effect of Neighborhood Scales on the Likelihood of Development of Obesity in the CYGNET Study, 2007–2012 (n = 601 Observations From 174 Girls)

Neighborhood scale Model 1a Model 2b
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Food and service retail 2.40*** 1.44 to 4.02 2.27*** 1.42 to 3.61
Recreation 0.97 0.55 to 1.69 0.84 0.50 to 1.40
Walkability 1.02 0.63 to 1.67 0.85 0.53 to 1.36
Physical disorder 2.53** 1.28 to 5.01 2.41** 1.31 to 4.44
***

P < .001. **P < .01. OR, odds ratio.

a

Adjusted for total number of streets observed per girl, year of outcome measure, race/ethnicity, baseline pubertal status, and baseline BMI.

b

Adjusted for all covariates in Model 1 and also controlling for baseline measures of neighborhood (census tract) SES, parents’ highest level of education, household income, and household size.