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Relationships Between the Built Environment and Walking and Weight Status Among Older Women in Three US States
Journal of aging and physical activity, v 22(1), pp 114-125
01 Jan 2014
PMID: 23538637
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Abstract
There are few studies of built environment associations with physical activity and weight status among older women in large geographic areas that use individual residential buffers to define environmental exposures. Among 23,434 women (70.0 +/- 6.9 yr; range = 57-85) in 3 states, relationships between objective built environment variables and meeting physical activity recommendations via walking and weight status were examined. Differences in associations by population density and state were explored in stratified models. Population density (odds ratio [OR] =1.04 [1.02, 1.07]), intersection density (ORs = 1.18-1.28), and facility density (ORs = 1.01-1.53) were positively associated with walking. Density of physical activity facilities was inversely associated with overweight/obesity (OR = 0.69 [0.49, 0.96]). The strongest associations between facility density variables and both outcomes were found among women from higher population density areas. There was no clear pattern of differences in associations across states. Among older women, relationships between accessible facilities and walking may be most important in more densely populated settings.
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- Title
- Relationships Between the Built Environment and Walking and Weight Status Among Older Women in Three US States
- Creators
- Philip J. Troped - Purdue Univ, Dept Hlth & Kinesiol, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USAHeather A. Starnes - Purdue Univ, Dept Hlth & Kinesiol, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USARobin C. Puett - Univ Maryland, Sch Publ Hlth, Maryland Inst Appl Environm Hlth, College Pk, MD 20742 USAKosuke Tamura - Purdue Univ, Dept Hlth & Kinesiol, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USAEllen K. Cromley - Univ Connecticut, Sch Med, Dept Community Med, Farmington, CT USAPeter James - Harvard UniversityEran Ben-Joseph - MIT, Dept Urban Studies & Planning, Cambridge, MA 02139 USASteven J. Melly - Harvard UniversityFrancine Laden - Harvard University
- Publication Details
- Journal of aging and physical activity, v 22(1), pp 114-125
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publ Inc
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- P01CA87969; R21CA125078 / National Cancer Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) R21CA125078; P01CA087969 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) R24HD041041 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000329896100012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84891459704
- Other Identifier
- 991021875345704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Gerontology
- Sport Sciences