Perceived and objective characteristics of the neighborhood environment are associated with accelerometer-measured sedentary time and physical activity, the CARDIA Study

Kara M Whitaker; Qian Xiao; Kelley Pettee Gabriel; Penny Gordon Larsen; David R Jacobs; Stephen Sidney; Jared P Reis; Bethany Barone Gibbs; Barbara Sternfeld; Kiarri Kershaw

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.039

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Perceived and objective characteristics of the neighborhood environment are associated with accelerometer-measured sedentary time and physical activity, the CARDIA Study

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Perceived and objective characteristics of the neighborhood environment are associated with accelerometer-measured sedentary time and physical activity, the CARDIA Study

Kara M Whitaker, Qian Xiao, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Penny Gordon Larsen, David R Jacobs, Stephen Sidney, Jared P Reis, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Barbara Sternfeld and Kiarri Kershaw

Preventive medicine, Vol.123, pp.242-249

06/2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.039

PMCID: PMC9036921

PMID: 30940573

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We investigated cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of neighborhood environment characteristics with accelerometer-measured sedentary time (SED), light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA). Participants were 2120 men and women in the year 20 (2005–2006) and year 30 CARDIA exams (2015–2016). Year 20 neighborhood characteristics included neighborhood cohesion, resources for physical activity, poverty, and racial residential segregation. Physical activity was measured by accelerometer at years 20 and 30. Multivariable linear regression models examined associations of standardized neighborhood measures at year 20 with SED, LPA, and MVPA assessed that year, and with 10-year changes in SED, LPA, and MVPA. Cross-sectionally, a one standard deviation (SD) increase in cohesion was associated with 4.06 less SED min/day (95% CI: −7.98, −0.15), and 4.46 more LPA min/day (95% CI: 0.88, 8.03). Each one SD increase in resources was associated with 1.19 more MVPA min/day (95% CI: 0.06, 2.31). A one SD increase in poverty was associated with 11.18 less SED min/day (95% CI: −21.16, −1.18) and 10.60 more LPA min/day (95% CI: 1.79, 19.41) among black men. No neighborhood characteristic was associated with 10-year changes in physical activity in the full sample; however, a one SD increase in cohesion was associated with a 10-year decrease of 25.44 SED min/day (95% CI: −46.73, −4.14) and an increase of 19.0 LPA min/day (95% CI, 1.89, 36.10) in black men. Characteristics of the neighborhood environment are associated with accelerometer-measured physical activity. Differences were observed by race and sex, with more robust findings observed in black men. •Neighborhood cohesion associated with less sedentary and more light activity•Neighborhood resources associated with more moderate-to-vigorous activity•Differences observed by race and sex with more robust findings in black men

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Title: Subtitle: Perceived and objective characteristics of the neighborhood environment are associated with accelerometer-measured sedentary time and physical activity, the CARDIA Study
Creators: Kara M Whitaker - University of Iowa
Qian Xiao - University of Iowa
Kelley Pettee Gabriel - Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health – Austin Campus, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, TX, United States of America
Penny Gordon Larsen - Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
David R Jacobs - University of Minnesota
Stephen Sidney - Kaiser Permanente
Jared P Reis - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Bethany Barone Gibbs - University of Pittsburgh
Barbara Sternfeld - Kaiser Permanente
Kiarri Kershaw - Northwestern University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Preventive medicine, Vol.123, pp.242-249
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.039
PMID: 30940573
PMCID: PMC9036921
NLM abbreviation: Prev Med
ISSN: 0091-7435
eISSN: 1096-0260
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000050, name: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, award: HHSN268201800005I, HHSN268201800007I; DOI: 10.13039/100007059, name: Northwestern University, award: HHSN268201800003I; DOI: 10.13039/100007249, name: University of Minnesota, award: HHSN268201800006I; DOI: 10.13039/100007241, name: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, award: HHSN268201800004I; DOI: 10.13039/100000050, name: NHLBI, award: R01 HL078972, R56 HL125423
Language: English
Date published: 06/2019
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
Record Identifier: 9984245773402771

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