title: Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN adult study.
abstract: The study's purpose was to examine age, gender, and education as potential moderators of the associations of perceived neighborhood environment variables with accelerometer-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Data were from 7273 adults from 16 sites (11 countries) that were part of a coordinated multi-country cross-sectional study. Age moderated the associations of perceived crime safety, and perceiving no major physical barriers to walking, with MVPA: positive associations were only found in older adults. Perceived land use mix-access was linearly (positive) associated with MVPA in men, and curvilinearly in women. Perceived crime safety was related to MVPA only in women. No moderating relationships were found for education. Overall the associations of adults' perceptions of environmental attributes with MVPA were largely independent of the socio-demographic factors examined. These findings are encouraging, suggesting that efforts to optimize the perceived built and social environment may act in a socially-equitable manner to facilitate MVPA.
authors.affiliation: Research Foundation Flanders, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: delfien.vandyck@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Delfien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Dyck
authors.affiliation: Centre of Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerin
authors.affiliation: Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Bourdeaudhuij
authors.affiliation: Center for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salvo
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lars B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.affiliation: Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Neville
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitas
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Troelsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aguinaga-Ontoso
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research & Action in Public Health, Canberra University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.affiliation: Research Group of Physical Activity and Quality of Life, School of Health and Biosciences, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; Department of Physical Education, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.affiliation: Universidad de los Andes, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia.
authors.forename: Olga L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Sarmiento
authors.affiliation: Auckland University of Technology, Human Potential Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sallis
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004782:Environmental Health; D005060:Europe; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013844:Thiazoles; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D009574:Nitro Compounds; D013844:Thiazoles; C041747:nitazoxanide
keywords: Environmental health; Exercise; Health policy; Multilevel modeling; Public health