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. 2016 Mar 15;3:303–316. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.03.007

Table 3.

Results in the expected or unexpected/null direction, organized by environmental factors and by type of physical activity. Each study may have multiple results.

Types of physical activity
Transportation
Recreation
Work
General
Expected Unexpected or null Expected Unexpected or null Expected Unexpected or null Expected Unexpected or null
1 Urban (vs. rural) 1 0 1 2 4 1 4 1
2 Distance to specific non-residential land uses 9 7 1 3 0 0 2 1
3 Proximal non-residential destinations 9 5 4 2 0 1 8 2
4 Network characteristics 5 7 2 4 0 0 1 3
5 Parks and open space 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
6 Pedestrian infrastructure 3 2 2 1 0 0 7 1
7 Crime 3 3 2 3 0 0 4 6
8 Traffic safety 3 4 2 3 0 0 2 2
9 Aesthetics 2 1 3 3 0 0 2 0
10 Non park physical activity facilities 2 2 4 2 0 0 6 3
11 Other 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 4
12 Density 6 5 2 4 0 0 6 4
13 Bicycling facilities 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
14 Stray animals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Weather 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Pollution 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Composite 3 1 1 1 1 0 5 1

“Composite” indicates cases where environmental factors were combined to examine their association with physical activity.