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Table 1 Baseline individual and neighborhood measures, by treatment group

From: Analysis of Individual Social-ecological Mediators and Moderators and Their Ability to Explain Effect of a Randomized Neighborhood Walking Intervention

 

Mean (SD)a or Percent

 

Intervention Neighborhoods

(n = 28)

Control Neighborhoods

(n = 28)

Participants per neighborhood

9.36 (3.0)

9.93 (1.7)

Individual-level characteristics

  

   Age

74.8 (2.3)

74.4 (2.1)

   Female (%)*

76.5

64.9

   Less than high school education (%)

47.9

42.8

   Very good or excellent health (%)*

90.4

80.8

Neighborhood-level characteristics

  

   Neighborhood poverty(%)b

24

22

   Neighborhood safety*

4.4 (0.30)

4.6 (0.22)

Neighborhood Walkability

  

   Walkability score

1.2 (5.8)

3.3 (6.7)

  1. * P < 0.05
  2. a SD = standard deviation
  3. b Percent of households in the neighborhood with incomes < $15,000.
  4. Walkability score includes the following quarter and half-mile built environment measures: High volume streets (%), sidewalk coverage (%), intersection frequency, bus line frequency, bus stop frequency, and walking destination frequency.