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Table 4 Propensity score adjusted changes in Fruit and Vegetable (FV) intake, skin carotenoids, and sugary beverage intake over time, with propensity scores, and using only customers from the six stores with data for multiple years. These models are adjusted for age, gender, race, education, employment, income, and shopping frequency, except when stratified by shopping frequency

From: A four-year observational study to examine the dietary impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program, 2017–2020

Outcome

HFSRP

Year

Overall effects

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

Year

HFSRP

Year x HFSRP

AMONG ALL CUSTOMERS (n = 1222):

 

Means (SE)

   

P (df = 3)

P (df = 1)

P (df = 3)

National Cancer Institute FV Screener,21 servings/day N = 1172

No

3.5 (0.33)

3.3 (0.36)

3.4 (0.35)

4.1 (0.36)

0.958

0.222

0.050

Yes

3.4 (0.38)

3.2 (0.37)

3.3 (0.36)

2.7 (0.37)

   

p-net

 

0.875

0.912

0.034

   

2-item screener, FV servings/day20

No

3.9 (0.29)

3.1 (0.31)

3.4 (0.31)

3.4 (0.31)

0.046

0.341

0.220

N = 1185

Yes

3.6 (0.32)

3.2 (0.32)

4.3 (0.31)

3.8 (0.31)

   

p-net

 

0.444

0.040

0.193

   

Veggie Meter® skin carotenoid score

No

228.2 (7.22)

239.7 (7.53)

227.8 (7.37)

218.7 (7.40)

0.159

0.383

0.186

N = 1167

Yes

239.6 (7.76)

228.1 (7.87)

242.9 (7.47)

226.8 (7.49)

   

p-net

 

0.078

0.784

0.794

   

Sugary beverage servings/day

No

2.0 (0.22)

2.0 (0.24)

1.7 (0.24)

1.6 (0.24)

0.189

0.498

0.944

N = 1203

Yes

1.7 (0.26)

1.8 (0.26)

1.6 (0.25)

1.5 (0.25)

   

p-net

 

0.838

0.576

0.616

   

AMONG CUSTOMERS WHO SHOPPED IN THE STORE 1–2 TIMES/WEEK OR LESS (n = 458)

National Cancer Institute FV Screener, 21 servings/day N = 430

No

3.6 (0.50)

2.5 (0.66)

2.9 (0.50)

4.2 (0.53)

0.175

0.995

0.015

Yes

3.5 (0.45)

4.1 (0.43)

2.7 (0.45)

2.9 (0.44)

   

p-net

 

0.057

0.978

0.129

   

2-item screener, FV servings/day20

No

4.2 (0.51)

3. 6 (0.67)

3.3 (0.50)

4.4 (0.49)

0.197

0.180

0.253

N = 442

Yes

3.8 (0.41)

3.7 (0.38)

4.7 (0.42)

4.8 (0.39)

   

p-net

 

0.589

0.048

0.326

   

Veggie Meter® skin carotenoid score

No

253.8 (12.7)

245.4 (16.9)

237.4 (12.3)

226.6 (12.5)

0.261

0.619

0.663

N = 429

Yes

245.6 (10.8)

225.0 (10.8)

239.9 (11.1)

232.9 (10.6)

   

p-net

 

0.592

0.610

0.479

   

Sugary beverage servings/day

No

1.7 (0.31)

1.7 (0.41)

1.1 (0.30)

1.2 (0.30)

0.805

0.285

0.261

N = 444

Yes

1.2 (0.26)

0.9 (0.25)

1.2 (0.27)

1.4 (0.25)

   

p-net

 

0.731

0.240

0.149

   

AMONG CUSTOMERS WHO SHOPPED IN THE STORE 3–6 TIMES/WEEK OR MORE (n = 764)

National Cancer Institute FV Screener,21 servings/day

No

3.5 (0.43)

3.4 (0.45)

3.7 (0.47)

3.9 (0.47)

0.245

0.173

0.322

N = 709

Yes

3.2 (0.55)

2.2 (0.58)

3.7 (0.53)

2.7 (0.54)

   

p-net

 

0.288

0.737

0.266

   

2-item screener, FV servings/day20

No

3.9 (0.34)

3.0 (0.33)

3.6 (0.36)

3.0 (0.35)

0.046

0.888

0.634

N = 709

Yes

3.3 (0.42)

2.9 (0.44)

3. 9 (0.40)

3.2 (0.40)

   

p-net

 

0.547

0.221

0.314

   

Veggie Meter®, skin carotenoid score

No

217.6 (9.8)

234.2 (10.3)

222.7 (10.8)

213.5 (10.7)

0.097

0.274

0.549

N = 706

Yes

238.5 (12.7)

237.4 (13.3)

246.5 (12.2)

219.6 (12.5)

   

p-net

 

0.316

0.875

0.419

   

Sugary beverage servings/day

No

2.2 (0.28)

2.1 (0.30)

1.9 (0.31)

1.8 (0.31)

0.026

0.810

0.286

N = 725

Yes

2.2 (0.37)

2.5 (0.38)

1.7 (0.36)

1.3 (0.36)

   

p-net

 

0.281

0.793

0.397