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Table 3 Associations between neighbourhood built environment features and cardiorespiratory fitness (n = 12 studies)

From: The neighbourhood built environment and health-related fitness: a narrative systematic review

Author, year

Design

Density

Transit

Destination proximity

Diversity

Desirability

Distributed

Composite or other

Bailly, 2018 [45]

       

+

Brown, 2008 [22]

     

+

  

Koohsari, 2020 [26, 49]

=

=

=

 

=

  

=

Nies, 2002 [54]

   

+

+

   

Petrella, 2008 [55]

   

+, =

    

Rodriquez, 2003

    

+

  

=

Shaffer, 2017 [31]

=

   

=

=

 

=

Hoehner, 2011a [30]

       

+

Hoehner, 2013a [29]

+

=

 

=

+, =

+, =

  

Leach, 2013a [50]

     

=

  

McCormack, 2020a [23]

       

+, =

Soma, 2017a [61]

 

+

  

+, =

   

Total associationsb

+1, =2

+1, =2

=1

+2, =2

+4, =4

+2, =3

 

+3, =4

  1. +: any statistically significant positive association
  2. -: any statistically significant negative association
  3. =: any non-statistically significant association
  4. aadjustment for self-reported physical activity
  5. bSuperscript indicates total number of studies finding positive, negative or null associations