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. 2021 May 26;6(6):e396–e407. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00066-9

Table 2.

Association between favourable changes in neighbourhood characteristics and lifestyle factors in a subgroup of participants who did not move residential address during the study period and had an unhealthy lifestyle and lived in a disadvantaged residential neighbourhood at baseline

Quitting smoking among individuals who were current smokers at baseline
Drinking reduced to none or moderate in individuals who were heavy drinkers at baseline
Increased physical activity in individuals who were physically inactive at baseline
≥5% bodyweight loss in individuals who were overweight or people with obesity at baseline
Change from having ≥2 lifestyle risk factors to having 0 or 1 lifestyle risk factor
n/N (%) OR (95% CI)* n/N (%) OR (95% CI)* n/N (%) OR (95% CI)* n/N (%) OR (95% CI)* n/N (%) OR (95% CI)*
Neighbourhood education
Stable disadvantaged 1588/6924 (22·9%) 1 (ref) 2800/7931 (35·3%) 1 (ref) 4630/9741 (47·5%) 1 (ref) 3240/21 620 (15·0%) 1 (ref) 3065/8058 (38·0%) 1 (ref)
From disadvantaged to advantaged 227/891 (25·5%) 1·11 (0·94–1·31) 453/1349 (33·6%) 0·92 (0·81–1·04) 645/1289 (50·0%) 1·06 (0·94–1·19) 384/3047 (12·6%) 1·19 (1·06–1·33) 401/994 (40·3%) 1·09 (0·95–1·25)
Neighbourhood income
Stable disadvantaged 1527/6780 (22·5%) 1 (ref) 2793/8333 (33·5%) 1 (ref) 4172/8993 (46·4%) 1 (ref) 2944/19 868 (14·8%) 1 (ref) 2876/7797 (36·9%) 1 (ref)
From disadvantaged to advantaged 164/553 (29·7%) 1·38 (1·14–1·67) 278/772 (36·0%) 1·06 (0·90–1·24) 402/770 (52·2%) 1·12 (0·97–1·31) 226/1642 (13·8%) 1·05 (0·91–1·22) 251/600 (41·8%) 1·15 (0·97–1·37)
Neighbourhood unemployment
Stable disadvantaged 1281/5799 (22·1%) 1 (ref) 2327/6948 (33·5%) 1 (ref) 3608/7771 (46·4%) 1 (ref) 2487/17 215 (14·5%) 1 (ref) 2450/6604 (37·1%) 1 (ref)
From disadvantaged to advantaged 408/1519 (26·9%) 1·24 (1·09–1·42) 816/2385 (34·2%) 1·01 (0·92–1·12) 1272/2449 (51·9%) 1·18 (1·08–1·30) 809/5599 (14·5%) 0·99 (0·91–1·08) 756/1866 (40·5%) 1·11 (1·00–1·23)
Neighbourhood green space
Stable disadvantaged 1528/6621 (23·1%) 1 (ref) 3024/9173 (33·0%) 1 (ref) 4524/9422 (48·0%) 1 (ref) 3058/20 751 (14·7%) 1 (ref) 2928/7794 (37·6%) 1 (ref)
From disadvantaged to advantaged 205/819 (25·0%) 1·12 (0·94–1·32) 371/1092 (34·0%) 1·04 (0·91–1·19) 604/1180 (51·2%) 1·11 (0·98–1·27) 409/2737 (14·9%) 0·97 (0·87–1·09) 394/914 (43·1%) 1·24 (1·08–1·43)

OR=odds ratio.

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Calculated from logistic regression analysis using generalised estimating equations, adjusted for age, sex, education, survey pair, and cohort.