The association between Geographic Information System-based neighborhood built environmental factors and accelerometer-derived light-intensity physical activity across the lifespan: a cross-sectional study

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Background

Materials and Methods

Study design

Participant selection and procedure

Measures

Outcome variable: LPA

Predictor variables: GIS-based neighborhood built environmental factors

Potential confounding/moderating variables: socio-demographic factors, valid days, and wear time

Statistical analyses

Results

Descriptive statistics of the participants

Associations between GIS-based neighborhood built environmental factors and accelerometer-derived LPA

Moderating role of age group on the associations between GIS-based neighborhood built environmental factors and accelerometer-derived LPA

Discussion

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

R script data analysis

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13271/supp-2

Participant flowchart

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13271/supp-3

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Sofie Compernolle analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Lieze Mertens and Iris Maes analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Jelle Van Cauwenberg conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Delfien Van Dyck conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

All three studies were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ghent University Hospital (B670201423000) and all participants provided written informed consent.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data and the R script are available in the Supplementary Files.

Funding

This research was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) B/13018/01. Sofie Compernolle (FWO20/PDJ/088), Lieze Mertens (FWO17/PDO/140) and Jelle Van Cauwenberg (FWO 12I1117N) were supported by a postdoctoral fellowship of the Research Foundation Flanders. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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