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

Table 2 Results from regression models of weight status outcomes

	% Overweight or Obese					% Obese
		95 % CI					95 % CI
	B	lower	upper	p		B	lower	upper	p
Reception (children aged 4–5 years)
Quartile of % UFSP^a
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 sales^a
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

^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)

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