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Table 3 Correlations Between Adolescent Outcomes and Access to Fast food Restaurants, Convenience Stores, and Percent Open Space for Different Buffer Types at 1,600 Meters

From: Creating a replicable, valid cross-platform buffering technique: The sausage network buffer for measuring food and physical activity built environments

Environmental measure for correlation (across)

Fast -food purchases

Fruit and vegetable consumption

Moderate and vigorous physical activity

Outcome measure for correlation (across)

Fast-food restaurant counts

Convenience storecounts

Open Space%

Buffer type (down)

   

Sausage buffer

0.060*

0.045*

0.034

ArcView 3.3.

0.063*

0.042*

0.033

Arc GIS 9.3

   

  Detailed, no trim

0.065*

0.047*

0.034

  Detailed, trimmed

0.065*

0.044*

0.025

  Generalized, no trim

0.067*

0.042*

0.026

  Generalized, trimmed

0.065*

0.044*

0.025

N

2715

2444

2719

  1. * p < .05, correlation coefficient.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X