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Table 4 Grading level and evidence strength of moderate-quality reviews

From: Neighborhood infrastructure-related risk factors and non-communicable diseases: a systematic meta-review

Risk factor

NCD outcomes

   

Harmful

Protective

Null

Inconsistent

Green and blue spaces

 

T2DM (+ + , + +)

Cancer ( +)

T2DM ( +)

Atopic diseases (+ + +)

CVD (+ +)

Walkability

 

T2DM (+ + +)

  

Facilities for physical and leisure activities

  

T2DM (+ + +)

 

Accessibility to infrastructure providing unhealthy food

Stroke (-)

  

T2DM (+ + +)

Proximity to major roads

CVD (-)

Asthma (-, -)

RA (+ +)

Lung cancer (+ + +)

T2DM (-, +  + , +  + +)

Leukemia (+ + , +  + +)

Dementia (-, + +)

  

Dementia (+ + +)

T2DM (+ +)

Proximity to landfills

CVD (+ +)

Respiratory diseases (+ +)

   
  1. In the brackets, +  +  + means “strong,” +  + means “medium,” + means “weak,” and—means “limited”