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. 2023 Dec 28;16(1):108. doi: 10.3390/nu16010108

Table 3.

Comparison of counts of unhealthy food outlets and proximity by type of school, SES, and population density.

Variables Density (Counts) Proximity (Meters)
N 1 Median p25 p75 p-Value Median * p25 p75 p-Value
Type of School 0.005 0.050
  Municipal 6189 34 a 22 48 67.8 27.2 124.3
  Subsidized 10,226 40 b 28 53 74.25 45.7 131
Socioeconomic Status 0.000 0.010
  Middle-High 1238 16 a 6 34 114.3 b 40.6 167.2
  Middle 2218 30 b 20 42 69 a 31.2 123.4
  Low 12,959 41 c 30 53 68 a 31.05 119.35
Population Density 0.000 0.000
  <3913 2123 15 a 9 30 99.7 a 43.3 109.9
  3914–5816 3521 31 b 23 39 64.1 b 25.1 130.1
  5817–7520 4751 42 c 34 51 75.7 a 43.3 127.9
  >7520 6020 54 d 43 65 50.7 b 21.8 97.4

1 Number of unhealthy food outlets with overlap. (*) Different letters indicate significant differences within each category and among the different categories. (p-value associated with the Kruskal–Wallis test).