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Table 3 Summary of within-study pairwise comparisons of availability versus accessibility measures

From: Food environments and dietary intakes among adults: does the type of spatial exposure measurement matter? A systematic review

Pairwise comparison

Total

Measure with greatest effect size (percentage of total)

Count versus proximity

100

Count (75%)

Count road network buffer

Proximity road network distance

78

Count road network buffer (77%)

Count Euclidean buffer

Proximity road network distance

19

Count Euclidean buffer (79%)

Count road network buffer

Proximity Euclidean distance

3

Proximity Euclidean distance (100%)

Presence versus proximity

23

Presence (74%)

Presence road network buffer

Proximity road network distance

12

Presence road network buffer (100%)

Presence Euclidean buffer

Proximity road network distance

7

Presence Euclidean buffer (71%)

Presence Euclidean buffer

Proximity Euclidean distance

4

Proximity Euclidean distance (100%)

Continuous density versus proximity

18

Continuous density (89%)

Proximity road network distance

Euclidean kernel density estimation

18

Euclidean kernel density estimation (89%)

Relative density versus proximity

25

Density Euclidean buffer/10,000 population (76%)

Density Euclidean buffer/10,000 population

Proximity Euclidean distance

18

Density Euclidean buffer/10,000 population (67%)

Density Euclidean buffer/10,000 population

Proximity road network distance

7

Proximity road network distance (100%)

Relative density versus average proximity

7

Average proximity (100%)

Density Euclidean buffer/10,000 population

Average proximity road network distance

7

Average proximity road network distance (100%)

Variety versus proximity

2

Variety and proximity (50%)

Variety road network buffer

Proximity road network distance

2

50%

RFEI versus proximity

1

Proximity (100%)

RFEI Euclidean buffer

Proximity road network distance

1

Proximity road network distance (100%)

  1. Dunn (2012) [43] did not report on the technique used to determine proximity, count within a 1 mile buffer, and count within a 3 mile buffer. Therefore, these associations (n = 3) were excluded from the table