Measuring physical activity-related environmental factors: reliability and predictive validity of the European environmental questionnaire ALPHA

Table 5 First field testing (N = 190): Pearson correlations between ALPHA and ALPHA short questionnaire with accelerometer, stratified by sex (only statistically significant values are shown).

Name of the scale (number of items in the questionnaire)	Sex^a	Total PA	VPA	MVPA	LPA
Density score (1a, 1b, 1c)	Male
	Female
Distance to local facilities (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h)	Male
	Female
Availability of sidewalks (3c, 3d)	Male
	Female
Maintenance (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d)	Male
	Female
Safety from traffic (reversed 5b, 5c, 5d)	Male
	Female		0.20*
Aesthetics (6b, 6c, 6d)	Male
	Female	0.25*			0.26*
Cycling and walking network (7a, 7d)	Male
	Female	0.28**			0.29
Connectivity (7b, 7c, 7d)	Male
	Female			0.24*
Home environment (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f)	Male
	Female	0.21*			0.21*
Workplace or study environment (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 9h, 9i, 9j)	Male				0.32*
	Female	0.34**			0.32**
ALPHA short & accelerometer
Total sum of 11 items	Male				0.29*
	Female	0.26**		0.28**	0.28*

^a men: N = 65: women: N = 106
Total_PA: total minutes PA/week (low, moderate, vigorous in all domains); VPA: total minutes PA/week at vigorous intensity (>5724 counts per minute); MVPA:total minutes PA/week at moderate to vigorous intensity (>1951 counts per minute); LPA: total minutes PA/week at low intensity (below 1952 counts per minute); * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01

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