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Table 4 Summary profiles for signal detection subgroups, age 79 years or greater*

From: An observational study identifying obese subgroups among older adults at increased risk of mobility disability: do perceptions of the neighborhood environment matter?

Baseline variables

Signal detection subgroup

(A) n = 103

(B) n = 572

(C) n = 99

 

Not Black, neighborhood friends do not differ in demo.

Not Black, neighborhood friends differ in demo.

Black

 

(19.4 % obese)

(31.8 % obese)

(48.5 % obese)

% Male

35.0c

38.5c

18.2ab

Age (mean)

83.4

83.1

82.3

Education (mean)

3.9

4.0

3.9

Income (mean)

5.5c

5.6c

4.9ab

% Live alone

49.5

53.7

54.6

% African American/Black

0.0c

0.0c

100.0ab

% White

92.2c

95.1c

0.0ab

% Hispanic

4.9

2.5

0.0

% Other race/ethnicity

3.9

2.5

0.0

% Married

41.8

32.0

25.3

% Separated/divorced

9.7

9.1

17.2

% Widowed

42.7

52.1

53.5

% Never married

5.8

5.1

4.0

Number in household (mean)

1.6

1.6

1.7

Self rated health (mean)

2.7c

2.7c

3.0ab

Residential density (mean)

1.8

1.7

1.8

Access to services (mean)

2.3

2.4

2.5

Travel access (mean)

0.8

0.9

0.8

Street connectivity (mean)

2.8

2.9

3.1

Walkability (mean)

2.3c

2.5c

3.0ab

Aesthetics (mean)

3.2c

3.3c

2.9ab

Traffic safety (mean)

2.7

2.6

2.6

Safety from crime (mean)

3.3c

3.2c

3.0ab

Social cohesion (mean)

3.9

3.8

3.6

Social modeling† (mean)

2.7b

3.0ac

2.6b

Intergenerational/socioeconomic neighborhood mix & affiliation (mean)

1.5bc

4.2a

3.8a

Body Mass Index [BMI] (mean)

27.2bc

28.4ac

29.9ab

SPPB total score§ (mean)

7.0

7.2

6.9

400 meter walk total time (seconds) (mean)

529.0c

518.7c

563.4ab

Accelerometer minutes with activity >100# (mean)

172.4

171.3

177.5

CHAMPS baseline total activity min/week (mean)

465.9

526.3

426.4

CHAMPS baseline total walking min/week (mean)

104.1b

142.2ac

93.0b

CHAMPS baseline walking errands min/week (mean)

31.0

53.6

39.1

  1. *P values for omnibus tests of significance (ANOVA for continuous outcomes, Chi-square for dichotomous outcomes) set at ≤ .01. Superscripts indicate significantly different groups for those variables in which the omnibus test reached statistical significance
  2. †Social modeling = observing others walking or cycling in one’s neighborhood
  3. §SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery
  4. # n = 1306, due to delayed start in accelerometry data collection and elimination of data with technical errors