TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Mediterranean built environment and precipitation as modulator factors on physical activity in obese mid-age and old-age adults with metabolic syndrome: cross-sectional study JO - International journal of environmental research and public health A1 - Colom, Antoni A1 - Ruiz, Maurici A1 - Wärnberg, Julia A1 - Compa, Montserrat A1 - Muncunill, Josep A1 - Barón-López, Francisco Javier A1 - Benavente-Marín, Juan Carlos A1 - Cabeza, Elena A1 - Morey, Marga A1 - Fitó, Montserrat A1 - Salas-Salvadó, Jordi A1 - Romaguera, Dora SP - e16050854 EP - e16050854 VL - 16 IS - 5 N2 - When promoting physical activity (PA) participation, it is important to consider the plausible environmental determinants that may affect this practice. The impact of objectively-measured public open spaces (POS) and walk-friendly routes on objectively-measured and self-reported PA was explored alongside the influence of rainy conditions on this association, in a Mediterranean sample of overweight or obese senior adults with metabolic syndrome. Cross-sectional analyses were undertaken on 218 PREDIMED-Plus trial participants aged 55⁻75 years, from the city of Palma, in Mallorca (Spain). Indicators of access to POS and walk-friendly routes were assessed in a 1.0 and 0.5 km sausage network walkable buffers around each participant's residence using geographic information systems. Mean daily minutes of self-reported leisure-time brisk walking, and accelerometer objectively-measured moderate-to-vigorous PA in bouts of at least 10 min (OM-MVPA) were measured. To investigate the association between access to POS and walk-friendly routes with PA, generalized additive models with a Gaussian link function were used. Interaction of rainy conditions with the association between access to POS and walk-friendly routes with OM-MVPA was also examined. Better access to POS was not statistically significantly associated with self-reported leisure-time brisk walking or OM-MVPA. A positive significant association was observed only between distance of walk-friendly routes contained or intersected by buffer and OM-MVPA, and was solely evident on non-rainy days. In this elderly Mediterranean population, only access to walk-friendly routes had an influence on accelerometer-measured PA. Rainy conditions during the accelerometer wear period did appear to modify this association.

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LA - en SN - 1661-7827 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050854 ID - ref1 ER -