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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 May 27;38(2):306–314. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.97

Table 1.

Variables Comparison between Seattle and Paris Datasets

Seattle Paris
Variable Name Age (years) Age (years)
Measurements <45 <45
45 – <65 45 – <65
>=65 >=65
Variable Name Gender Gender
Measurements Male Male
Female Female
Variable Name Living alone Living alone
Measurements Yes Yes
No No
Variable Name Annual household income Rvuc (Revenu du ménage par unité de consummation: Household income per unit of consummation per euro per month)
Measurements Tertile 1 (<50,000) Tertile 1 (<1,200)
Tertile 2 (≥ 50,000 – < 100,000) Tertile 2 (≥ 1,200 – < 2,200)
Tertile 3 (≥ 100,000) Tertile 3 (≥ 2,200)
Variable Name Highest Education completed Nivetude_cgi (Niveau d’instruction individuel: Education level)
Measurements High school or less 1 : ne sait pas lire ou écrire le français et sans diplôme; (No education)
2 :CAP, BEPC ou brevet des colleges (Primary school and lower secondary school)
Some college 3 : BAC, BTS ou BAC+2 (Higher secondary school and lower tertiary school)
College graduates or higher 4 : supérieur à BAC+2 (Higher tertiary school)
Variable Name Store type by price Type de supermarché :
Measurements Low cost hard_discount=1
Medium cost hypermarche = 1 OR gd_supermarche = 1 OR pt_supermarche = 1
High cost citymarche = 1 OR magasins_bio = 1
Variable Name BMI BMI
Measurements Obese (BMI >=30 kg/m2) Obese (BMI >=30 kg/m2)
Non obese (BMI < 30kg/m2) Non obese (BMI < 30kg/m2)
Variable Name Perceived health status Santé_percue
Measurements Fair/ poor Fair/ poor: Scale 07 (47%)
Good/ very good/ excellent Good/ very good/ excellent: Scale 810 (53%)
Variable Name Neighborhood assessed property value (property value within the 833m circular buffer, measured in $). Housingrank_500m (Neighborhood property value within the 500m circular buffer, measured on a 11000 scale).
Measurements 70,381 – 193,106 1301
193,107 – 248,011 302420
248,012 – 334,445 421536
334,446 – 1,086,587 5371000
Variable Name Distance from home to primary supermarket Distance_netw_surf (distance entre le supermarché et le lieu de résidence du participant par le réseau de rues: network distance between the supermarket and place of residence of the participant)
Measurements Km Km
Variable Name Within the City of Seattle Boundary Within the City of Paris Boundary
Measurements Yes or No Yes or No