Colom, AntoniRuiz, MauriciWärnberg, JuliaCompa, MontserratMuncunill, JosepBarón-López, Francisco JavierBenavente-Marín, Juan CarlosCabeza, ElenaMorey, MargaFitó, MontserratSalas-Salvadó, JordiRomaguera, Dora2023-01-252023-01-252019-03-08http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13686When 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.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/GISPREDIMED-Plus trialaccelerometerbuilt environmentelderlyleisurephysical activitypublic open spacesenior adultswalkingweatherAdultAgedBuilt EnvironmentCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGeographic Information SystemsHumansLeisure ActivitiesMaleMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedObesitySelf ReportSpainSurveys and QuestionnairesWalkingresearch article30857222open access10.3390/ijerph160508541660-4601PMC6427354https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/854/pdf?version=1552044109https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427354/pdf