Walkability and its association with prevalent and incident diabetes among adults in different regions of Germany: results of pooled data from five German cohorts.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Highly walkable neighbourhoods may increase transport-related and leisure-time physical activity and thus decrease the risk for obesity and obesity-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS:We investigated the association between walkability and prevalent/incident T2D in a pooled sample from five German cohorts. Three walkability measures were assigned to participant's addresses: number of transit stations, points of interest, and impedance (restrictions to walking due to absence of intersections and physical barriers) within 640 m. We estimated associations between walkability and prevalent/incident T2D with modified Poisson regressions and adjusted for education, sex, age at baseline, and cohort. RESULTS:Of the baseline 16,008 participants, 1256 participants had

SUBMITTER: Kartschmit N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958624 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature