Abstract:Background: We studied if proximity of urban green spaces to residences reduces the socioeconomic inequalities in sports practice, evaluating 17-year-old girls (n = 722) from EPITeen cohort, Porto, Portugal.Methods: The shortest routes from residences to urban green spaces were calculated using the street network from Geographic Information System. Distances were classified as: 400, >400 to 800, and >800 m. Parental education was used as a proxy of socioeconomic status (SES). We used chi-square test to compar… Show more
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