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Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2024 Oct 4;90:103362. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103362

Table 3.

Number of associations between availability measures and alcohol consumption outcomes in adolescents in the studies included in the systematic review.

Alcohol prevalence outcome (n=15) Alcohol consumption pattern outcome (n=38)
Type of density calculation (n =53) Positive association Positive association under some circumstances No association Negative association Positive association Positive association under some circumstances No association Negative association
0. Count (n=14) 1 2 1 0 2 6 2 0
Within Euclidean buffer 1 2 1 - 1 2b 2c -
Within Street Network buffer - - - - 1 3 - -
Within activity space (buffer around GPS route lines) - - - - - 1 - -
1. Population-based rate (n=11) 0 1 1 0 1 7 1 0
 Within Euclidean buffer - - - - - - - -
 Within administrative area - 1 - - 1 5 1 -
 Within buffer around administrative area - - 1a - - 2a - -
2. Area-based rate (n=11) 1 2 0 0 0 1 7 0
 Within Euclidean buffer 1 - - - - - - -
 Within Street Network buffer - - - - - - 1 -
 Within administrative area - 2 - - - 1 2 -
 Within activity space (buffer around GPS route lines) - - - - - - 4
4. Roadway length-based rate (n=9) 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 0
 Within administrative area - - 3 - 2 3 1 -
5. Kernel Density Estimation (n=3) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
6. Presence/Absence (n=5) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
 Within activity space (Euclidean buffer around GPS route lines) - - - - - - 1d -
 Within Street Network buffer - 1 1 - - 1 1 -
TOTAL 2 6 7 0 5 18 15 0
a

In the article of Jackson N., et al. (2016) we assume that the calculation used was Euclidean, since it is not specified in the text of the corresponding article.

b

In the article of Fairman B.J., et al. (2020) we assume that the calculation used was Euclidean, since it is not specified in the text of the corresponding article.

c

In the article of Fairman B.J., et al. (2019) we assume that the calculation used was Euclidean, since it is not specified in the text of the corresponding article.

d

In the article of Byrnes H.F., et al. (2016) we assume that the calculation used was Euclidean, since it is not specified in the text of the corresponding article.