ArticleHealth & place2016
Walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- Built environment and the evolution of cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.BMC medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Associations of Urban Built Environment with Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality: a Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Built environmental characteristics and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Observed and perceived walkability among young adults in San Francisco: spatial divergence, neighborhood inequality, and self-rated health.Cities & health · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal effects of urban micro-scale built environment on cardiovascular diseases.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic disease in Texas.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Built Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases - Insights from a Global Review.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025Review
- Longitudinal Impacts of High Versus Low Greenness on Cardiovascular Disease Conditions.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- The association between neighbourhood walkability and blood lipids: a Canadian population study.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Spatial analysis of the impact of urban built environment on cardiovascular diseases: a case study in Xixiangtang, China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Weight of Place: Built Environment Correlates of Obesity and Diabetes.Endocrine reviews · 2022Review
- Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes: effect modification by area-level socio-economic status.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Neighborhood Environment and Metabolic Risk in Hispanics/Latinos From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- A longitudinal examination of objective neighborhood walkability, body mass index, and waist circumference: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Mixed Effects of Neighborhood Revitalization on Residents' Cardiometabolic Health.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- The relationship between walk score® and perceived walkability in ultrahigh density areas.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- A longitudinal residential relocation study of changes in street layout and physical activity.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Business Data Categorization and Refinement for Application in Longitudinal Neighborhood Health Research: a Methodology.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Article
- Neighborhood Walkability as a Predictor of Incident Hypertension in a National Cohort Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
We used data from 3227 older adults in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2004-2012) to explore cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors. In cross-sectional analyses, linear regression was used to estimate associations of Street Smart Walk Score® with glucose, triglycerides, HDL and LDL cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and waist circumference, while logistic regression was used to estimate associations with odds of metabolic syndrome. Econometric fixed effects models were used to estimate longitudinal associations of changes in walkability with changes in each risk factor among participants who moved residential locations between 2004 and 2012 (n=583). Most cross-sectional and longitudinal associations were small and statistically non-significant. We found limited evidence that higher walkability was cross-sectionally associated with lower blood pressure but that increases in walkability were associated with increases in triglycerides and blood pressure over time. Further research over longer time periods is needed to understand the potential for built environment interventions to improve cardiometabolic health.
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