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. 2012 Aug 22;12:688. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-688

Table 3.

Validity of secondary data source as compared to ground-truth effort among 14 counties in rural Appalachia Kentucky 2011

Data Source and Type of Food Outlet
Sensitivity
95% CI
PPV
95% CI
InfoUSA 2011        
All Food Outlets
0.96
0.89, 1.03
0.7
0.67,0.73
Grocery Store
1.00
1.00, 1.00
0.38
0.32, 0.45
Super Market
0.96
0.85, 1.07
0.87
0.83, 0.95
Super Center
1.00
1.00, 1.00
1
1.00, 1.00
Convenience Store
1.00
1.00, 1.00
0.56
0.48, 0.60
Gas station with food mart
0.99
0.85, 1.08
0.74
0.69, 0.87
Fast-food and Fast-casual restaurants
1.00
1.00 , 1.00
0.95
0.89, 1.02
Pizza Parlors
0.96
0.82, 1.09
0.81
0.75, 0.89
Dollar Stores
0.20
0.14, 0.24
1
1.00, 1.00
Farmer's Markets 0.50 0.41, 0.62 1 1.00, 1.00

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PPV, positive predictive value.