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. 2017 Jul 27;14:102. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0557-0

Table 3.

Repeat cross-sectional associations between motorway exposure and change in walking, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour

Walking MVPA Sedentary behaviour
Participation (yes/no) Minutes per week Participation (yes/no) Minutes per week Minutes per day
Exposure N OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) N B (95% CI)
Area: New motorway (South) (Reference: no motorway (North)) 1499 0.95 (0.47, 1.93) 1.08 (0.83, 1.40) 1412 0.95 (0.53, 1.72) 0.94 (0.71, 1.25) 1318 20.72 (−42.59, 84.03)
Proximity within study area with new motorway 475 0.46 (0.12, 1.70) 0.89 (0.56, 1.42) 450 0.36 (0.12, 1.05) 0.85 (0.53, 1.37) 431 38.65 (−73.48, 150.79)
Area: Existing motorway (East) (Reference: no motorway (North)) 1499 1.00 (0.53, 1.92) 1.05 (0.81, 1.38) 1412 0.67 (0.37, 1.22) 1.01 (0.77, 1.32) 1318 16.18 (−47.30, 79.66)
Proximity within study area with existing motorway 495 1.50 (0.59, 3.80) 1.42 (0.95, 2.12) 474 1.05 (0.44, 2.48) 1.36 (0.93, 1.98) 432 35.86 (−52.98, 124.70)

MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, OR odds ratio, IRR incidence rate ratio, B beta, CI confidence interval. Proximity was defined as the negative of the natural logarithm of the road network distance in metres from the weighted population centroid of the unit postcode of residence to the nearest motorway junction. Analyses were adjusted for age, gender, home ownership, car ownership, work status and time lived in neighbourhood