Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the followed ENABLE London participants, by aspirational housing tenure and combined
| Total | Housing group | p-value for difference between housing groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 687 | Social n = 283 | Intermediate n = 301 | Market-rent n = 103 | ||||||
| Sociodemographics at baseline, n (%) | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 401 | (58%) | 206 | (73%) | 151 | (50%) | 45 | (44%) | < 0.001a |
| Age groups | |||||||||
| 16–24 years | 130 | (19%) | 53 | (19%) | 50 | (17%) | 27 | (26%) | < 0.001a |
| 25–34 years | 289 | (42%) | 72 | (26%) | 172 | (57%) | 45 | (44%) | |
| 35–49 years | 223 | (33%) | 137 | (48%) | 70 | (23%) | 16 | (16%) | |
| 50+ years | 45 | (7%) | 21 | (7%) | 9 | (3%) | 15 | (15%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| White | 334 | (49%) | 52 | (18%) | 209 | (69%) | 73 | (71%) | < 0.001a |
| Black | 172 | (25%) | 135 | (48%) | 30 | (10%) | 7 | (7%) | |
| Asian | 110 | (16%) | 59 | (21%) | 43 | (14%) | 8 | (8%) | |
| Mixed/Other | 71 | (10%) | 37 | (13%) | 19 | (6%) | 15 | (15%) | |
| Residential built environment factors at baseline, mean (95%CI) | |||||||||
| Walkability (score) | 0.0 | (−0.2;0.2) | -0.4 | (− 0.6;-0.1) | 0.2 | (− 0.1;0.5) | 0.4 | (− 0.2;1.1) | 0.004 b |
| Connectivity (nb intersections/km of road) | 8.6 | (8.6;8.7) | 8.5 | (8.4;8.7) | 8.7 | (8.6;8.9) | 8.8 | (8.5;9.1) | 0.06b |
| Residential density (1000hab/km2) | 11.9 | (11.5;12.3) | 10.3 | (9.8;10.8) | 12.7 | (12.0;13.4) | 13.7 | (12.4;15.1) | < 0.001c |
| Land Use Mix (score) | 0.37 | (0.36;0.39) | 0.35 | (0.33;0.37) | 0.38 | (0.36;0.40) | 0.42 | (0.38;0.46) | 0.01c |
| Distance to the closest park (m) | 663 | (633;692) | 609 | (570;648) | 703 | (656;749) | 694 | (602;787) | 0.06c |
| Accessibility to public transport (PTAL score) | 4.6 | (4.5;4.8) | 4.3 | (4.1;4.5) | 4.8 | (4.6;5.0) | 5.0 | (4.6;5.3) | < 0.001b |
| Physical activity at baseline, Mean (95%CI) | |||||||||
| Daily steps d | 8947 | (8713;9182) | 8162 | (7742;8582) | 9458 | (9077;9840) | 9611 | (8984;10,238) | < 0.001e/0.67f |
| Daily minutes of MVPA d | 60 | (58;61) | 54 | (50;57) | 63 | (60;66) | 67 | (62;72) | < 0.001e/0.12f |
a Chi-square
b Anova
c kwallis
d Means are adjusted for sex, age group, ethnic group, housing sector and a random effect to allow for clustering at household level
e t-test for the difference between “Social” and “Intermediate”
f t-test for the difference between “Market-rent” and “Intermediate”