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Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Aug 25;67(3):271–279. doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-201157

Table 4.

Associations of changes in number of fast-food restaurants from t −1 to t with future weight changes from t to t +1

Body mass index
Waist-to-height ratio
Waist-to-hip ratio
Women Men Women Men Women Men
Rural sample
 Individual level
  Intercept 2.76 (0.19)*** 2.92 (0.20)*** 16.27 (0.62)*** 16.06 (0.61)*** 48.20 (1.12)*** 47.36 (1.27)***
  Baseline anthropometric −0.12 (0.01)*** −0.11 (0.01)*** −0.33 (0.01)*** −0.34 (0.01)*** −0.58 (0.01)*** −0.56 (0.01)***
  Year 2006 (ref = 2004) 0.18 (0.05)*** 0.21 (0.05)*** 0.89 (0.13)*** 0.76 (0.13)*** 0.48 (0.16)** 0.44 (0.16)**
  Age −0.13 (0.05)** −0.29 (0.04)*** 1.06 (0.13)*** 0.15 (0.11) 1.58 (0.15)*** 0.36 (0.14)**
  Education (ref = no/primary)
   Junior high −0.11 (0.06) 0.02 (0.06) −0.16 (0.17) 0.27 (0.15) −0.34 (0.20) 0.01 (0.19)
   Senior high −0.17 (0.09) −0.03 (0.07) −0.46 (0.24) 0.03 (0.19) −0.85 (0.29)** −0.24 (0.24)
  Household income 0.04 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02) 0.11 (0.07) 0.07 (0.06) 0.05 (0.08) 0.13 (0.08)
  Currently married (ref = no) 0.13 (0.08) 0.00 (0.08) 0.04 (0.20) 0.19 (0.21) 0.54 (0.25)* 0.51 (0.24)*
  Drinking (ref = no) −0.01 (0.09) −0.01 (0.05) −0.29 (0.24) 0.20 (0.13) −0.14 (0.29) 0.67 (0.17)***
  Smoking (ref = no) −0.14 (0.12) −0.16 (0.05)** −0.58 (0.32) −0.34 (0.13)* −0.46 (0.39) −0.25 (0.16)
  Heavy PA (ref = no) 0.05 (0.06) 0.04 (0.06) −0.03 (0.15) −0.05 (0.15) −0.01 (0.18) −0.07 (0.19)
 Neighbourhood level
  Number of fast-food restaurants at t– 1 0.04 (0.07) 0.04 (0.07) −0.01 (0.21) −0.15 (0.18) −0.27 (0.25) −0.43 (0.25)
  Change in number of fast-food restaurants from t– 1 to t −0.02 (0.05) 0.03 (0.04) 0.39 (0.13)** 0.32 (0.12)** 0.46 (0.16)** 0.38 (0.16)*
  Number of population at t– 1 0.07 (0.04) −0.02 (0.03) 0.01 (0.11) −0.04 (0.09) 0.12 (0.13) 0.10 (0.12)
  Change in number of population from t– 1 to t 0.04 (0.02)* 0.04 (0.02)* 0.09 (0.06) 0.08 (0.05) −0.03 (0.08) −0.13 (0.07)
  Urbanicity index −0.04 (0.04) 0.04 (0.04) −0.35 (0.13)** −0.05 (0.11) −0.23 (0.16) 0.09 (0.15)
  Region (ref = south)
   Northeast 0.07 (0.10) 0.02 (0.08) 0.26 (0.29) 0.60 (0.23)* 0.37 (0.36) 0.73 (0.31)*
   Coastal 0.13 (0.10) 0.06 (0.08) 0.63 (0.30)* 1.02 (0.24)*** 0.42 (0.36) 0.93 (0.32)**
   Inland 0.16 (0.09) 0.03 (0.07) 0.51 (0.27) 0.74 (0.22)*** 0.59 (0.33) 1.12 (0.29)***
 N 6282 5752 6326 5811 6402 5946
Urban
 Individual level
  Intercept 3.03 (0.32)*** 2.84 (0.39)*** 16.48 (1.09)*** 15.37 (1.06)*** 49.26 (1.85)*** 49.41 (2.19)***
  Baseline anthropometric −0.13 (0.01)*** −0.13 (0.01)*** −0.33 (0.02)*** −0.32 (0.02)*** −0.60 (0.02)*** −0.58 (0.02)***
  Year 2006 (ref = 2004) 0.10 (0.08) 0.23 (0.08)** 0.26 (0.21) 0.38 (0.21) −0.09 (0.26) 0.04 (0.25)
  Age −0.06 (0.07) −0.30 (0.07)*** 1.12 (0.20)*** 0.25 (0.17) 1.58 (0.24)*** 0.55 (0.21)**
  Education (ref = no/primary)
   Junior high 0.10 (0.12) 0.00 (0.13) 0.21 (0.32) −0.64 (0.32)* −0.19 (0.38) −0.47 (0.40)
   Senior high −0.02 (0.12) 0.00 (0.13) −0.46 (0.32) −0.60 (0.32) −0.85 (0.39)* −0.12 (0.40)
  Household income −0.01 (0.03) −0.05 (0.04) −0.02 (0.08) 0.02 (0.08) −0.04 (0.10) 0.09 (0.09)
  Currently married (ref = no) −0.07 (0.11) 0.09 (0.13) 0.22 (0.27) 0.51 (0.33) 0.34 (0.34) 0.63 (0.40)
  Drinking (ref = no) −0.17 (0.13) 0.09 (0.09) 0.17 (0.34) 0.45 (0.21)* 1.10 (0.43)* 0.70 (0.26)**
  Smoking (ref = no) −0.23 (0.24) −0.07 (0.08) 0.38 (0.61) −0.11 (0.21) −0.28 (0.77) 0.04 (0.25)
  Heavy PA (ref = no) 0.09 (0.23) 0.03 (0.18) −0.10 (0.60) 0.48 (0.45) −0.06 (0.72) 0.62 (0.54)
 Neighbourhood level
  Number of fast-food restaurants at t– 1 0.01 (0.06) −0.04 (0.08) 0.57 (0.23)* 0.31 (0.21) 0.76 (0.26)** 0.35 (0.23)
  Change in number of fast-food restaurants from t– 1 to t −0.03 (0.04) 0.03 (0.04) −0.22 (0.12) −0.09 (0.12) −0.53 (0.14)*** −0.19 (0.14)
  Number of population at t– 1 −0.06 (0.03)* −0.05 (0.03) 0.00 (0.11) 0.04 (0.09) 0.10 (0.14) −0.08 (0.12)
  Change in number of population from t – 1 to t 0.07 (0.03)* 0.00 (0.03) −0.12 (0.08) −0.09 (0.08) −0.21 (0.10)* 0.11 (0.10)
  Urbanicity index −0.06 (0.09) 0.12 (0.11) −0.27 (0.33) 0.09 (0.30) −0.01 (0.41) −0.24 (0.37)
  Region (ref = South)
   Northeast 0.18 (0.14) 0.19 (0.17) −0.19 (0.59) 0.24 (0.48) 0.34 (0.71) 1.10 (0.62)
   Coastal 0.18 (0.13) 0.15 (0.17) 0.16 (0.56) 0.59 (0.47) −0.80 (0.69) −0.06 (0.60)
   Inland 0.12 (0.12) 0.22 (0.15) 0.54 (0.52) 0.79 (0.43) 1.24 (0.64)* 1.20 (0.56)*
 N 2839 2475 2864 2502 2861 2491
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001.

Numbers in parentheses are SEs.

PA, physical activity.