Associations of Public Transportation Use With Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Public transportation provides an opportunity to incorporate physical activity into journeys, but potential health impacts have not been systematically examined. We searched the literature for articles on public transportation and health published through December 2017 using Google (Google Inc., Mountain View, California), 5 medical databases, and 1 transportation-related database. We identified longitudinal studies which examined associations between public transportation and cardiometabolic health (including adiposity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease). We assessed study quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cohort studies and performed meta-analyses where possible. Ten studies were identified, 7 investigating use of public transportation and 3 examining proxim

SUBMITTER: Patterson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6438807 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature