Effects of Buffer Size and Shape on Associations Between the Built Environment and Energy Balance

Overview

Journal Health Place

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Public Health

Date 2014 Mar 11

PMID 24607875

Citations 95

Authors

Peter James

David Berrigan

Jaime E Hart

J Aaron Hipp

Christine M Hoehner

Jacqueline Kerr

Jacqueline M Major

Masayoshi Oka

Francine Laden

Affiliations

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Abstract

Uncertainty in the relevant spatial context may drive heterogeneity in findings on the built environment and energy balance. To estimate the effect of this uncertainty, we conducted a sensitivity analysis defining intersection and business densities and counts within different buffer sizes and shapes on associations with self-reported walking and body mass index. Linear regression results indicated that the scale and shape of buffers influenced study results and may partly explain the inconsistent findings in the built environment and energy balance literature.

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