Table 4.
Summary of findings for all 28 main models investigating impact of metric choice.
| Metric | Statistically significant difference (Q1 vs Q4)a |
Substantive conclusiona |
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| + | 0 | – | Lrg+ | Sml+ | U+ | Null | U- | Sml- | Lrg- | |
| Count | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Count/Area | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Count/Population | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presence/Absence | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Relative 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Relative 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Relative 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: +/−: statistically significant positive/negative difference between quartile 1 (Q1) and quartile 4 (Q4). 0: no statistically significant difference between Q1 and Q4. B: broad. M: moderate. N: narrow. Lrg+/-: large positive/negative association . Sml+/-: small positive/negative association U+/-: ‘positive/negative U-shaped association .
a
Results are from 4 models for each exposure, which respectively corresponded to 2 buffer sizes (1,600 m and 800 m) and two outcomes (BMI and obesity).