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标题：A Longitudinal Study Examining Changes in Street Connectivity, Land Use, and Density of Dwellings and Walking for Transport in Brisbane, Australia
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作者：Rebecca Bentley ; Tony Blakely ; Anne Kavanagh 等
期刊名称：Environmental Health Perspectives
印刷版ISSN：0091-6765
电子版ISSN：1552-9924
出版年度：2018
卷号：126
期号：5
页码：057003
DOI：10.1289/EHP2080
语种：English
出版社：OCR Subscription Services Inc
摘要：Background: Societies face the challenge of keeping people active as they age. Walkable neighborhoods have been associated with physical activity, but more rigorous analytical approaches are needed. Objectives: We used longitudinal data from adult residents of Brisbane, Australia (40–65 years of age at baseline) to estimate effects of changes in neighborhood characteristics over a 6-y period on the likelihood of walking for transport. Methods: Analyses included 2,789–9,747 How Areas Influence Health and Activity (HABITAT) cohort participants from 200 neighborhoods at baseline (2007) who completed up to three follow-up questionnaires (through 2013). Principal components analysis was used to derive a proxy measure of walkability preference. Environmental predictors were changes in street connectivity, residential density, and land use mix within a one-kilometer network buffer. Associations with any walking and minutes of walking were estimated using logistic and linear regression, including random effects models adjusted for time-varying confounders and a measure of walkability preference, and fixed effects models of changes in individuals to eliminate confounding by time-invariant characteristics. Results: Any walking for transport (vs. none) was increased in association with an increase in street connectivity ( + 10 intersections, fixed effects OR = 1.19; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07, 1.32), residential density ( + 5 dwellings/hectare, OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.05, 1.15), and land-use mix (10% increase, OR = 1.12; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.26). Associations with minutes of walking were positive based on random effects models, but null for fixed effects models. The association between land-use mix and any walking appeared to be limited to participants in the highest tertile of increased street connectivity (fixed effects OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.35 for a 1-unit increase in land-use mix; interaction p -value = 0.05). Conclusions: Increases in street connectivity, residential density, and land-use heterogeneity were associated with walking for transport among middle-age residents of Brisbane, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2080