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Table 2 Results from regression models of weight status outcomes

From: The relationship between unhealthy food sales, socio-economic deprivation and childhood weight status: results of a cross-sectional study in England

 

% Overweight or Obese

 

% Obese

 
  

95 % CI

   

95 % CI

  
 

B

lower

upper

p

 

B

lower

upper

p

 

Reception (children aged 4–5 years)

          

Quartile of % UFSPa

          

 1 (lowest)

-ref-

-

-

-

 

-ref-

-

-

-

 

 2

0.479

0.216

0.743

<0.001

 

0.235

0.068

0.401

0.006

 

 3

0.965

0.698

1.232

<0.001

 

0.533

0.364

0.702

<0.001

 

 4 (highest)

1.170

0.902

1.439

<0.001

*

0.804

0.635

0.974

<0.001

*

Area deprivation score

17.438

16.640

18.236

<0.001

 

11.782

11.278

12.286

<0.001

 

% of MSOA population non-white

−0.019

−0.028

−0.011

<0.001

 

0.016

0.010

0.021

<0.001

 

% of MSOA population under 7

−0.090

−0.144

−0.036

0.001

 

−0.050

−0.084

−0.016

0.004

 

Year 6 (Children aged 10–11 years)

          

Quartile of % unhealthy food salesa

          

 1 (lowest)

-ref-

-

-

-

 

-ref-

-

-

-

 

 2

0.438

0.123

0.753

0.006

 

0.460

0.203

0.718

<0.001

 

 3

1.299

0.979

1.620

<0.001

 

1.093

0.831

1.355

<0.001

 

 4 (highest)

2.654

2.329

2.980

<0.001

*

2.386

2.120

2.652

<0.001

*

Area deprivation score

22.288

21.375

23.201

<0.001

 

21.377

20.630

22.124

<0.001

 

% of MSOA population non-white

0.072

0.062

0.081

<0.001

 

0.038

0.030

0.045

<0.001

 

% of MSOA population 10–14 years

−0.112

−0.210

−0.014

0.025

 

−0.079

−0.160

0.001

0.053

 
  1. aReference = Quartile 1, the lowest % unhealthy food sales percentage (UFSP). For p, bold font indicates p < 0.05, and italic font indicates statistical non-significance (p > 0.05). *test for trend across quartiles statistically significant (p < 0.05)