Association between Access to Public Open Spaces and Physical Activity in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Measure of Exposure to Public Open Spaces (POS)
2.2.1. Proximity to the Nearest POS
2.2.2. Density of POS: Number of POS and Total Area of POS.
2.3. Outcome Measure: Leisure Time Physical Activity
2.4. Covariate and Confounders Assessment
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Declaration
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Individual/Demographic | Total Leisure Time Physical Activity (LTPA) | ||||
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(ALL) n = 428 | T1 n = 143 | T2 n = 142 | T3 n = 143 | p Trend | |
Sex | <0.001 | ||||
Men | 182 (42.5%) | 49 (34.3%) | 51 (35.9%) | 82 (57.3%) | |
Women | 246 (57.5%) | 94 (65.7%) | 91 (64.1%) | 61 (42.7%) | |
Age (years) | 68.0 (63.0;72.0) | 67.0 (62.0;71.0) | 68.0 (63.0;72.0) | 69.0 (65.0;73.0) | 0.016 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 30.0 (27.5;32.1) | 30.9 (28.3;33.0) | 29.7 (27.4;31.8) | 29.9 (27.2;31.6) | 0.012 |
Educational Level | 0.159 | ||||
Primary school or lesser | 365 (85.9%) | 125 (87.4%) | 125 (88.7%) | 115 (81.6%) | |
Secondary School or greater | 60 (14.1%) | 18 (12.6%) | 16 (11.3%) | 26 (18.4%) | |
Smoking status | 0.008 | ||||
Former | 118 (27.6%) | 31 (21.7%) | 28 (19.7%) | 59 (41.3%) | |
Current | 70 (16.4%) | 31 (21.7%) | 25 (17.6%) | 14 (9.79%) | |
Never | 240 (56.1%) | 81 (56.6%) | 89 (62.7%) | 70 (49.0%) | |
Total LTPA (METs min/day) | 198 (93.8;330) | 50.1 (14.6;93.7) | 198 (160;226) | 432 (330;573) | <0.001 |
Light LTPA (METs min/day) | 87.9 (14.0;176) | 28.0 (0.00;70.0) | 140 (76.0;173) | 177 (44.4;298) | <0.001 |
Moderate-vigorous LTPA (METs min/day) | 49.5 (6.03;179) | 8.00 (0.00;24.0) | 57.6 (8.01;132) | 277 (123;455) | <0.001 |
Total Leisure Time Physical Activity (LTPA) | |||||
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(All) n = 428 | T1 n = 143 | T2 n = 142 | T3 n = 143 | p trend | |
Distance to the nearest sports facility (m) | 460 (289;724) | 405 (240;652) | 499 (301;744) | 456 (319;692) | 0.191 |
Distance to the nearest Park (m) | 187 (113;292) | 172 (104;287) | 174 (106;266) | 213 (132;314) | 0.041 |
Distance to the nearest beach (m) | 2951 (2316;5119) | 3220 (2313;5239) | 3064 (2275;5263) | 2838 (2371;4842) | 0.202 |
Distance to the coast (m) | 2710 (1676;4037) | 2868 (1737;4044) | 2667 (1952;4184) | 2584 (1519;3779) | 0.399 |
Sum areas in 500 m2 network walkable street buffers (m2) | 13,376 (6023;20317) | 14,499 (7840;20416) | 12,795 (6321;20005) | 11,792 (5431;20561) | 0.062 |
Sum counts in 500 m2 network walkable street buffers | 4.00 (3.00;5.00) | 4.00 (3.00;5.00) | 4.50 (3.00;5.00) | 4.00 (3.00;6.00) | 0.530 |
Predictor Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
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ß | CI | p | ß | CI | p | |
Distance to the nearest sports facility (per 100 m) | 5.724 | (1.134; 10.314) | 0.149 | 4.462 | (0.066; 8.859) | 0.473 |
Distance to the nearest Park (per 100 m) | 16.66 | (6.996; 26.324) | 0.008 | 13.393 | (4.2; 22.585) | 0.045 |
Distance to the nearest beach (per 100 m) | −0.559 | (−1.756; 0.638) | 1.000 | −0.622 | (−1.767; 0.522) | 1.000 |
Distance to the coast (per 100 m) | −0.216 | (−1.551; 1.119) | 1.000 | −0.472 | (−1.759; 0.815) | 1.000 |
Sum areas in 500 m2 network walkable street buffers (per 100 m2) | −0.121 | (−0.316; 0.073) | 1.000 | −0.089 | (−0.273; 0.095) | 1.000 |
Sum counts in 500 m2 network walkable street buffers | −5.952 | (−16.5; 4.596) | 1.000 | −3.626 | (−13.607; 6.355) | 1.000 |
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Colom, A.; Fiol, M.; Ruiz, M.; Compa, M.; Morey, M.; Moñino, M.; Romaguera, D. Association between Access to Public Open Spaces and Physical Activity in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061285
Colom A, Fiol M, Ruiz M, Compa M, Morey M, Moñino M, Romaguera D. Association between Access to Public Open Spaces and Physical Activity in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(6):1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061285
Chicago/Turabian StyleColom, Antoni, Miguel Fiol, Maurici Ruiz, Montserrat Compa, Marga Morey, Manuel Moñino, and Dora Romaguera. 2018. "Association between Access to Public Open Spaces and Physical Activity in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 6: 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061285
APA StyleColom, A., Fiol, M., Ruiz, M., Compa, M., Morey, M., Moñino, M., & Romaguera, D. (2018). Association between Access to Public Open Spaces and Physical Activity in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061285