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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2017 Nov 22;32(2):334–343. doi: 10.1177/0890117117742999

Table 2.

Bivariate Associations of Perceived Neighborhood Environment Variables With Participants’ Physical Activity at Baseline.a,b,c

Perceived Neighborhood Environment Variable Accelerometer-Based
MVPA
Log Self-Reported
Leisure-Time MVPAd
Self-Reported any
Transportation PA
β SE P β SE P OR 95% CI P
Sidewalk maintenance −3.2 3.55 .37 0.08 0.11 .29 0.94 0.74–1.20 .62
Safety from traffic 1.06 3.52 .76 0.18 0.10 .07 1.00 0.79–1.27 .99
Safety from crime 1.13 3.54 .75 0.29 0.15 .05 0.98 0.77–1.25 .88
Neighborhood esthetics 5.18 3.53 .14 0.10 0.07 .18 1.10 0.87–1.40 .43
Neighborhood social cohesion −1.44 3.53 .68 0.02 0.09 .81 1.05 0.82–1.33 .71
Has access to destinations near the home 18.45 9.79 .06 −0.03 0.21 .88 2.74 1.22–6.17 .02
Has access to recreational facilities near the home −0.04 10.64 .99 −0.02 0.35 .96 0.72 0.36–1.46 .36

Abbreviations: MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; PA, physical activity; SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval.

a

Boldface values are significant at 0.05 level.

b

Fe en Acción/Faith in Action, 2011–2014. San Diego, CA.

c

Mixed-effects or generalized linear mixed models used to control for clustering effects of the churches.

d

Model used a negative binomial distribution.