Residential self-selection bias in the estimation of built environment effects on physical activity between adolescence and young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Built environment research is dominated by cross-sectional designs, which are particularly vulnerable to residential self-selection bias resulting from health-related attitudes, neighborhood preferences, or other unmeasured characteristics related to both neighborhood choice and health-related outcomes.

Methods

We used cohort data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (United States; Wave I, 1994-95; Wave III, 2001-02; n = 12,701) and a time-varying geographic information system. Longitudinal relationships between moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) bouts and built and socioeconomic environment measures (landcover diversity, pay and public physical activity facilities per 10,000 population, street connectivity, median household income

SUBMITTER: Boone-Heinonen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2959083 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature