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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the followed ENABLE London participants, by aspirational housing tenure and combined

From: Longitudinal impact of changes in the residential built environment on physical activity: findings from the ENABLE London cohort study

 

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

  1. a Chi-square
  2. b Anova
  3. c kwallis
  4. d Means are adjusted for sex, age group, ethnic group, housing sector and a random effect to allow for clustering at household level
  5. e t-test for the difference between “Social” and “Intermediate”
  6. f t-test for the difference between “Market-rent” and “Intermediate”