Neighborhood walkability, deprivation and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A population-based study on 512,061 Swedish adults
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Neighborhood walkability has been associated with increased physical activity, but only a few studies have explored the association between walkability and health outcomes related to physical activity, such as type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between objectively assessed neighborhood walkability and the 4-year incidence of type 2 diabetes in a sample of 512,061 Swedish adults aged 18 years and older. Neighborhoods were defined by 408 administratively defined geographical areas in the city of Stockholm. We found a negative association between walkability and type 2 diabetes (OR=1.33, 95% CI=1.13-1.55) that remained significant after adjusting for neighborhood deprivation. This association, however, no longer remained statistically significant after adjusting for individual socio-demographic factors. These results were also confirmed using a co-sibling design. Future studies are encouraged to further explore the potential effect of a broader array of the neighborhood built environment on health outcomes related to physical activity.
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Communities with poor housing, transportation, poverty, and education have higher rates of diabetes.
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- Authors
- Sundquist, K., Eriksson, U., Mezuk, B., & Ohlsson, H.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sundquist, Kristina
- Venue
- Health & Place
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-01
- Volume
- 31
- Pages
- 24-30
- ISSN
- 1353-8292 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4305451
- OpenAlex
- W1982024094
- Cited by
- 98
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 12.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Health & Place (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01HL116381, K01-MH093641-01A1, R21-DK8356430-01A1)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- neighborhood walkability, type 2 diabetes, diabetes incidence, neighborhood disadvantage, built environment, physical activity, sociodemographic factors, Stockholm
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Environment Design, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Residence Characteristics, Socioeconomic Factors, Sweden, Incidence, Walking
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