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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2012 Sep 15;18(6):1261–1269. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.09.005

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Food Environment near Adolescent Participant HOMES and SCHOOLS1

Fast Food Type and Geography Mean SD Median Lower
quartile		 Upper
quartile
Environment around participant HOMES
Distance to nearest fast food restaurant (meters) 2 900 596 795 496 1157
800 Meter Network Buffer Count of Restaurants
Total Fast Food Restaurants 1.4 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
   Traditional burgers-and-fries 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.5
   Pizza 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.0
   Subs and sandwiches 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
   Other fast food 3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
1,600 Meter Network Buffer
Total Fast Food Restaurants 5.7 5.2 5.0 2.0 8.0
   Traditional burgers-and-fries 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.0 2.0
   Pizza 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.0 3.0
   Subs and sandwiches 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 1.0
   Other fast food 1.3 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
Environment around participant SCHOOLS
Distance to nearest fast food restaurant (meters) 2 576 367 430 334 848
800 Meter Network Buffer
Total Fast Food Restaurants 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.0 3.0
   Traditional burgers-and-fries 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0
   Pizza 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.0
   Subs and sandwiches 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
   Other fast food 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
1,600 Meter Network Buffer
   Total Fast Food Restaurants 5.0 3.3 4.0 2.5 7.5
   Traditional burgers-and-fries 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.5
   Pizza 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 2.5
   Subs and sandwiches 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.0 1.5
   Other fast food 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.0 1.5
1.

Data are for participants for whom GIS data were available N = 2724

2.

All linear measures in meters along the street network.

3.

For GIS measures “other” fast food mainly included fried chicken and Mexican restaurants but also includes some other types such as cookie shops, fried fish restaurants, and Asian take-outs.