Associations between Resident Perceptions of the Local Residential Environment and Metabolic Syndrome

Table 2

Characteristics of factors derived from the Australian version of the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Scale (𝑛=1,656).

Factor	No. of items	Percent of variance explained	Cronbach’s alpha^a
Aesthetics	6	17.75	0.73
Crime	6	11.78	0.80
Infrastructure for walking	10	6.05	0.74
Access to services	3	5.20	0.85
Barriers to walking	6	4.79	0.58

^aBased on items with loadings ≥ 0.4.