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Table 3 Empirical associations between transport walking and built environment categories in network buffers and Euclidean buffers with spatial scales of 0.25-km, 1-km, 5-km, respectively (N = 5756)

From: Comparing effects of Euclidean buffers and network buffers on associations between built environment and transport walking: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Built environment categories

Percent change in transport walking minutes per week by 10 additional built environment destinations

Network buffer

Euclidean buffer

Coef

95% C.I

Coef

95% C.I

Walkable destinations

 0.25-km

3.94%

1.15%

6.81%

1.35%

0.35%

2.36%

 1-km

0.30%

0.08%

0.53%

0.21%

0.08%

0.33%

 5-km

0.02%

0.01%

0.04%

0.02%

0.00%

0.03%

Frequent social destinations

 0.25-km

9.99%

1.00%

19.78%

2.55%

-0.45%

5.65%

 1-km

0.67%

− 0.11%

1.45%

0.61%

0.14%

1.08%

 5-km

0.07%

0.01%

0.13%

0.05%

0.00%

0.09%

  1. Each model adjusts covariates: age, gender, race, education, income wealth index, BMI, self-rated health, arthritis last 2 weeks, car ownership, marital status, employment status, population density in 1-mile buffer around residence, street NetRatio in 1-mile buffer around residence. Bold fonts indicate p < 0.05