Table 3.

Unadjusted two-sample comparisons of number of park users and their level of physical activity observed in parks with and without walking loops (mean ± SD).

Outcomes	Sex	Age group	Parks with a walking loop (n = 50)	Parks without a walking loop (n = 124)a
Park non-empty (% hourly observations)			86.8	70.8***
Park users (n users/hr)	Female	Children	5.6 ± 13.2	4.3 ± 11.9*
		Teenagers	2.9 ± 10.7	1.9 ± 7.4*
		Adults	8.8 ± 20.8	7.2 ± 20.5
		Seniors	0.9 ± 3.1	0.6 ± 2.4*
	Male	Children	7.8 ± 19.7	6.9 ± 19.0
		Teenagers	4.5 ± 13.0	3.4 ± 10.6#
		Adults	10.5 ± 21.8	9.3 ± 22.6
		Seniors	1.3 ± 3.1	0.7 ± 2.6***
	Total		42.4 ± 92.5	34.4 ± 85.4#
Moderate to vigorous physical activity (in MET-hr)	Female	Children	9.9 ± 23.7	6.9 ± 19.4**
		Teenagers	5.0 ± 25.2	2.5 ± 10.0*
		Adults	9.3 ± 26.9	5.2 ± 14.3***
		Seniors	1.0 ± 3.7	0.4 ± 1.6***
	Male	Children	14.5 ± 35.6	11.8 ± 30.9#
		Teenagers	7.9 ± 27.9	6.2 ± 20.9
		Adults	14.4 ± 32.5	10.0 ± 24.0**
		Seniors	1.4 ± 3.6	0.6 ± 2.6***
	Total		63.4 ± 145.8	43.5 ± 98.8**
aSignificant differences between the two sets of parks are presented as ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, #p < 0.10.