Individual, Psychosocial, and environmental correlates of 4-year declines in walking among middle-to-older aged adults.

@article{Shimura2014IndividualPA,
  title={Individual, Psychosocial, and environmental correlates of 4-year declines in walking among middle-to-older aged adults.},
  author={Hiroko Shimura and Elisabeth A H Winkler and Neville Owen},
  journal={Journal of physical activity \& health},
  year={2014},
  volume={11 6},
  pages={
          1078-84
        }
}
BACKGROUND We examined associations of individual, psychosocial and environmental characteristics with 4-year changes in walking among middle-to-older aged adults; few such studies have employed prospective designs. METHODS Walking for transport and walking for recreation were assessed during 2003-2004 (baseline) and 2007-2008 (follow-up) among 445 adults aged 50-65 years residing in Adelaide, Australia. Logistic regression analyses examined predictors of being in the highest quintile of… 
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