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Table 3 Associations with fruit and vegetable consumption (outcome) and main exposures of interest and confounding variables

From: Investigating the importance of the local food environment for fruit and vegetable intake in older men and women in 20 UK towns: a cross-sectional analysis of two national cohorts using novel methods

 

N (%)

N (%) low fruit and veg

N (%) medium fruit and veg

N (%) high fruit and veg

Unadjusted

Confounder adjusted

Mutually adjusted

OR

95% CI

p-value (trend)

OR

95% CI

p-value (trend)

OR

95% CI

p-value (trend)

Area-level exposures of interest

 Density of shops selling fruit and vegetables

      

0.77

  

0.95

  

0.84

  0 (no shops)

847 (42.2)

280 (33.1)

289 (34.1)

278 (32.8)

1.00

(ref)

 

1.00

(ref)

 

1.00

(ref)

 

  1 (fewer shops)

688 (34.3)

225 (32.7)

209 (30.4)

254 (36.9)

1.05

0.86, 1.27

 

1.04

0.85, 1.27

 

0.96

0.74, 1.25

 

  2 (more shops)

472 (23.5)

163 (34.5)

167 (35.4)

142 (30.1)

0.96

0.78, 1.18

 

0.98

0.79, 1.22

 

0.97

0.72, 1.31

 

 Density of fast food outlets

      

0.65

  

0.49

  

0.25

  0 (no fast food outlets)

1193 (59.4)

401 (33.6)

400 (33.5)

392 (32.9)

1.00

0.00, 0.00

 

1.00

(ref)

 

1.00

(ref)

 

  1 (fewer fast food outlets)

503 (25.1)

163 (32.4)

156 (31.0)

184 (36.6)

1.03

0.84, 1.26

 

1.05

0.86, 1.30

 

1.08

0.83, 1.41

 

  2 (more fast food outlets)

311 (15.5)

104 (33.4)

109 (35.1)

98 (31.5)

1.05

0.83, 1.33

 

1.08

0.85, 1.38

 

1.22

0.87, 1.72

 

 Diversity of food retail environmenta

      

0.37

  

0.36

  

0.34

  0 (no food retail outlets present)

437 (21.8)

157 (35.9)

154 (35.2)

126 (28.8)

1.00

(ref)

 

1.00

(ref)

 

1.00

(ref)

 

  1 (low diversity)

904 (45.0)

291 (32.2)

296 (32.7)

317 (35.1)

1.19

0.96, 1.47

 

1.19

0.96, 1.49

 

1.31

1.00, 1.71

 

  2 (high diversity)

666 (33.2)

220 (33.0)

215 (32.3)

231 (34.7)

1.13

0.90, 1.42

 

1.14

0.90, 1.43

 

1.22

0.83, 1.79

 

Confounders

 Sex (study)

      

0.49

      

  Female (BWHHS)

883 (44.0)

293 (33.2)

289 (32.7)

301 (34.1)

1.00

(ref)

       

  Male (BRHS)

1124 (56.0)

375 (33.4)

376 (33.5)

373 (33.2)

1.06

0.90, 1.26

       

 Age (years)

      

0.003

      

   < 75

646 (32.2)

192 (29.7)

208 (32.2)

246 (38.1)

1.00

(ref)

       

  75-79

670 (33.4)

230 (34.3)

231 (34.5)

209 (31.2)

0.77

0.63, 0.94

       

  80-84

480 (23.9)

178 (37.1)

152 (31.7)

150 (31.3)

0.71

0.56, 0.88

       

  85+

211 (10.5)

68 (32.2)

74 (35.1)

69 (32.7)

0.78

0.58, 1.04

       

 Adult social class

      

<0.001

      

  I (professional)/II (intermediate)

845 (42.1)

232 (27.5)

263 (31.1)

350 (41.4)

1.00

(ref)

       

  IIInm (skilled non-manual)

348 (17.3)

125 (35.9)

130 (37.4)

93 (26.7)

0.62

0.49, 0.78

       

  IIIm (skilled manual)

553 (27.6)

197 (35.6)

197 (35.6)

159 (28.8)

0.72

0.59, 0.89

       

  IV (partially skilled manual)/V (unskilled manual)

261 (13.0)

114 (43.7)

75 (28.7)

72 (27.6)

0.57

0.44, 0.75

       

 Long-standing illness, disability or infirmity

      

0.07

      

  No

1324 (66.0)

425 (32.1)

431 (32.6)

468 (35.4)

1.00

(ref)

       

  Yes

683 (34.0)

243 (35.6)

234 (34.3)

206 (30.2)

0.85

0.72, 1.01

       

 Country

      

0.03

      

  England

1758 (87.6)

557 (31.7)

584 (33.2)

617 (35.1)

1.00

(ref)

       

  Scotland

249 (12.4)

111 (44.6)

81 (32.5)

57 (22.9)

0.58

0.35, 0.96

       
  1. Multilevel ordinal logistic regression models with random intercepts at the town and LSOA/data zone levels. Restricted to study members non-missing for all variables in the Table (N = 2007 (1124 men, 883 women) study members across 740 LSOAs/data zones with median 2 (range 1-20) study members per LSOA/data zone and with median 105 (range 31-158) study members per town)
  2. aDiversity of food retail environment calculated using a spatial entropy score taking into account four types of food premises: all food shops, restaurants and cafes, pubs and fast food restaurants