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Walk Score (R) and Transit Score (R) and Walking in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
American journal of preventive medicine, v 45(2), pp 158-166
01 Aug 2013
PMID: 23867022
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Abstract
Background: Walk Score (R) and Transit Score (R) are open-source measures of the neighborhood built environment to support walking ("walkability") and access to transportation.
Purpose: To investigate associations of Street Smart Walk Score and Transit Score with self-reported transport and leisure walking using data from a large multicity and diverse population-based sample of adults.
Methods: Data from a sample of 4552 residents of Baltimore MD, Chicago IL, Forsyth County NC, Los Angeles CA, New York NY, and St. Paul MN from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2010-2012) were linked to Walk Score and Transit Score (collected in 2012). Logistic and linear regression models estimated ORs of not walking and mean differences in minutes walked, respectively, associated with continuous and categoric Walk Score and Transit Score. All analyses were conducted in 2012.
Results: After adjustment for site, key sociodemographic, and health variables, a higher Walk Score was associated with lower odds of not walking for transport and more minutes/week of transport walking. Compared to those in a "walker's paradise," lower categories of Walk Score were associated with a linear increase in odds of not transport walking and a decline in minutes of leisure walking. An increase in Transit Score was associated with lower odds of not transport walking or leisure walking, and additional minutes/week of leisure walking.
Conclusions: Walk Score and Transit Score appear to be useful as measures of walkability in analyses of neighborhood effects. (C) 2013 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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- Title
- Walk Score (R) and Transit Score (R) and Walking in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
- Creators
- Jana A. Hirsch - University of Michigan–Ann ArborKari A. Moore - University of MichiganKelly R. Evenson - Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health.Daniel A. Rodriguez - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillV. Diez Roux - Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
- Publication Details
- American journal of preventive medicine, v 45(2), pp 158-166
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- N01-HC-95159; N01-HC-95169; 2R01 HL071759 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA 52319 / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Active Living Research Program; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) Rockefeller Foundation 12115; 12116 / RWJF; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) N01HC095159 / DIVISION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Eye Institute (NEI) R01HL095163 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000322102500004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84880323998
- Other Identifier
- 991019205713904721
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