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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct;86(4):914–922. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/86.4.914

TABLE 4.

Summary of results of the regression analysis for purchases of low energy density (LED) and high energy density (HED) foods

LED foods
HED foods
Variable Estimate SE P Estimate SE P
Constant 1.030 1.349 0.445 8.273 1.945 < 0.001
Own-price elasticity −0.569 0.220 < 0.010 −1.586 0.275 < 0.001
Cross-price elasticity 0.622 0.191 0.001 −0.058 0.317 0.856
Study income 0.032 0.001 < 0.001 0.046 0.001 < 0.001
Age 0.004 0.003 0.121 −0.007 0.003 0.035
Hunger −0.041 0.016 0.008 0.060 0.021 0.005
BMI 0.119 0.046 0.011 −0.106 0.067 0.112
Amount spent on groceries/wk 0.001 0.0004 0.014 −0.003 0.001 < 0.001
No. of family members −0.069 0.013 < 0.001 0.120 0.018 < 0.001
Socioeconomic status 0.003 0.001 0.007 −0.004 0.001 0.011
Minority status 0.037 0.030 0.224 −0.003 0.041 0.944
Cross-price elasticity × BMI −0.017 0.007 0.008 −0.001 0.011 0.928
Own-price elasticity × BMI −0.008 0.008 0.316 0.023 0.009 0.016