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. 2013 Jun 19;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-77

Table 3.

Validation statistics for the EPOI database

    Traditional measures Relaxed measures
 
N Total
N List
N Field
Sensitivity
Positive predictive value
Relaxed sensitivity
Relaxed positive predictive value
Representativity
Est.
Est.
Est.
Est.
Est.
Overall
549
410
484
0.545
0.644
0.655
0.773
0.777
0.487
0.603
0.592
0.696
0.592
0.718
0.736
0.810
0.713
0.840
Census tract characteristics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Low SES
104
73
90
0.567
0.699
0.700
0.732
0.756
0.508
0.625
0.590
0.808
0.478
0.923
0.581
0.882
0.723
0.788
 Medium SES
211
164
192
0.531
0.622
0.748
0.830
0.797
0.454
0.608
0.515
0.729
0.578
0.917
0.788
0.871
0.753
0.841
 High SES
234
173
202
0.550
0.642
0.578
0.709
0.762
0.422
0.677
0.605
0.678
0.394
0.761
0.660
0.758
0.628
0.897
 English
392
295
349
0.533
0.631
0.690
0.755
0.791
0.472
0.594
0.567
0.694
0.544
0.837
0.713
0.798
0.740
0.842
 French
157
115
135
0.578
0.678
0.660
0.758
0.733
0.462
0.693
0.592
0.764
0.485
0.835
0.644
0.873
0.633
0.833
 Categories of outlet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Convenience store
65
51
63
0.587
0.725
0.746
0.922
0.762
0.489
0.686
0.604
0.847
0.636
0.856
0.856
0.987
0.644
0.880
 Chain supermarkets
4
3
4
0.750
1.000
0.750
1.000
0.750
0.325
1.175
1.000
1.000
0.325
1.175
1.000
1.000
0.325
1.175
 Grocery stores
38
29
33
0.485
0.552
0.485
0.552
0.545
0.278
0.692
0.371
0.732
0.278
0.692
0.371
0.732
0.361
0.730
 Bakeries
30
21
27
0.481
0.619
0.556
0.714
0.593
0.289
0.674
0.428
0.810
0.320
0.791
0.512
0.916
0.338
0.847
 Specialty markets
18
13
14
0.643
0.692
0.643
0.692
0.786
0.423
0.863
0.563
0.822
0.423
0.863
0.563
0.822
0.539
1.032
 Fruit and vegetable stores
13
9
11
0.455
0.556
0.636
0.778
0.727
0.170
0.740
0.304
0.807
0.353
0.920
0.502
1.053
0.414
1.040
 Natural food stores
17
9
16
0.438
0.778
0.438
0.778
0.500
0.141
0.734
0.413
1.142
0.141
0.734
0.413
1.142
0.200
0.800
 Megamarkets
1
1
1
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
 Fast-food restaurants
45
32
42
0.595
0.781
0.619
0.813
0.690
0.459
0.731
0.707
0.856
0.486
0.752
0.747
0.878
0.533
0.848
 Cafés
62
37
50
0.360
0.486
0.400
0.541
0.600
0.249
0.471
0.339
0.634
0.297
0.503
0.421
0.660
0.453
0.747
 Full-service restaurants 256 205 223 0.583
0.634
0.744
0.810
0.861
0.522 0.644 0.581 0.687 0.690 0.799 0.770 0.850 0.809 0.913