Michelle Del Rio, Juan Alvarez, Tania Mayorga, Salvador Dominguez, Christina Sobin
A comparison of arsenic exposure in young children and home water arsenic in two rural West Texas communities
BMC public health
assessed associations 5 school 7 neighborhood variables fifthgrade students achieving healthy fitness zone hfz needs improvementhealth risk nihr aerobic capacity ac body composition bc physical fitness components statemandated fitnessgram physical fitness test data outcome physical fitness predictor school neighborhood variables extracted various databases eg data quest walk score 160 schools located san diego california predictor variables least moderately correlated r 30 1 outcome variables univariate analyses retained ordinary least squares regression analyses mean percentages students achieving hfz ac 657 bc 635 similar 113 p 26 nihr zones significantly different ac 60 vs bc 186 1260 p 001 correlations greater magnitude school neighborhood demographics stronger bc ac school variables freereducedprice lunch negative math achievement positive predicted fitness scores among neighborhood variables percent hispanic predicted failure meeting hfz bc criterion creating school neighborhood environments conducive promoting physical activity improving fitness warranted