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. 2021 Jul 22;10(7):e29191. doi: 10.2196/29191

Table 2.

Biological measures, physical activity, residential and GPS activity space, and ecological momentary assessment measures.

Measures Description
Outcomes

Stress-related neural activity
  • Amygdala activity (18F-FDGa PET/CTb)


Vascular inflammation and function testing
  • Vascular inflammation: arterial Inflammation (18F-FDG PET/CT)

  • Vascular function: pulse wave velocity and augmentation index (Sphygmocor)


Immune system activation
  • Flow cytometry-based characterization of immune cell populations and their receptor expression profile (two flow cytometry panels) [56]: (1) CD3, CD14, CD15, CD16, CD19, CD42b, CD45, CD56, CD203c, and CD193 and (2) CD3, CD14, CD16, CD56, CD98 heavy chain, CD64, CCR2c, CCR5, and TLR2d


Immune cell function
  • Natural killer cell function profiling by detecting degranulation and cytolytic activity [57,58]

  • Monocyte function profiling [59], including ability of monocytes to perform chemotaxis and migration, as well as determination of inflammasome activity


Biomarker-based immune system activation
  • Cytokine and chemokine profiling [60] eg, TNF-αe, IL-6f, IL-10, IL-8, IL-1β, IFN-αg, IFN-γ, MCP-1h, VEGF-Ai, IL-RAj, IL-18, TGF-βk

  • Stress-induced neurotransmitter profiling, including epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and cortisol [61]

Exposures

Residential and GPS activity space (model: BT-Q1000XT)
  • Neighborhood Deprivation Index [62,63] based on US census [62], social disorder based on virtual neighborhood audits [41,64], crime rate around GPS activity space based on police crime report [65], and modified retail food environment index. All measures will be created based on GPS activity space [66]

  • Count and density of parks, gyms, and recreation facilities [67] around GPS activity space

Moderators

PAl via accelerometer or survey
  • A minute-by-minute PA (Am), daily mean moderate-to-vigorous PA minutes (A), total PA minutes (A), active transportation PA, and leisure-time PA minutes [46] (Sn)


Psychosocial factors via ecological momentary assessment
  • Perceived neighborhood social environment [68,69]; mood states [70], perceived stress [49], and daily hassles [71]

aFDG: fluorodeoxyglucose.

bPET/CT: positron emission tomography-computed tomography.

cCCR2: C-C chemokine receptor type 2.

dTLR2: toll like receptor 2.

eTNF-α: tumor necrosis factor α

fIL-6: interleukin-6.

gIFN-α: interferon-α.

hMCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.

iVEGF-A: vascular endothelia growth factor-A.

jIL-RA: receptor antagonist.

kTGF-β: transforming growth factor β.

lPA: physical activity.

mA: assessed by accelerometer.

nS: assessed by survey.