Walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Health and Place

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-17

  Braun, Lindsay M ^a   Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Hirsch, Jana A ^c   Moore, Kari A ^d   Diez Roux, Ana V ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cardiometabolic risk; Metabolic syndrome; Residential relocation; Walkability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

AGING POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREET SMART WALK SCORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKABILITY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 84959326222     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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