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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for home, work and commuting route a exposures

From: Characterising food environment exposure at home, at work, and along commuting journeys using data on adults in the UK

  

1km street network density

% difference at work

1 mile Euclidean density

% difference at work

Street network proximity (m)

% difference at work

Commuting route outlet count

  

Home

Work

 

Home

Work

 

Home

Work

n

 

per 100 metres

All food outlets

Mean (sd)

12.7 (21.9)

28.6 (41.2)

+125*

68.5 (93.7)

101.7 (126.5)

+48*

631.8 (764.8)

504.7 (738.5)

−20*

61.6 (71.8)

0.9 (1.4)

 

Range

161

196

 

442

444

 

6849.0

5828.0

 

627

32.6

Convenience stores

Mean (sd)

2.3 (3.0)

3.8 (5.4)

+66*

10.6 (11.7)

14.3 (15.2)

+35*

1001.3 (1186.5)

953.7 (1119.0)

−5

10.3 (11.7)

0.1 (0.3)

 

Range

23

52

 

48

129

 

8010.3

9506.3

 

136

9.00 0.3 (6.8)

Restaurants

Mean (sd)

3.6 (6.8)

9.1 (14.6)

+155*

19.3 (31.0)

31.4 (45.1)

+63*

926.4 (941.1)

849.9 (963.2)

−8*

17.9 (22.8)

0.3 (0.4)

 

Range

67

70

 

155

159

 

6892.1

6773.6

 

195

7.87

Supermarkets

Mean (sd)

0.5 (0.7)

0.8 (1.0)

+71*

2.2 (2.9)

3.1 (3.4)

+40*

3040.5 (3122.3)

2237.6 (2653.0)

−26*

1.9 (2.2)

0.02 (0.05)

 

Range

4

5

 

14

13

 

14371.8

15442.4

 

15

1.69

Takeaways

Mean (sd)

2.0 (3.3)

3.6 (5.4)

+80*

9.5 (10.8)

13.0 (13.0)

+36*

1353.3 (1508.8)

1265.3 (1478.7)

−7*

8.8 (10.2)

0.1 (0.2)

 

Range

21

34

 

47

62

 

10054.3

10486.3

 

95

6.18

Sample size (n)

2696

2696

 

2696

2696

 

2696

2696

 

2351

2351

  1. * Significant difference (ANOVA, p<0.05) between home and work locations.
  2. a Commuting routes were defined according to the shortest street network distance between home and workplace, accounting for travel mode.