Table 3.
Summary Statistics of Food Store Outlets per Quartiles of Obesity among 3- to 4-Year-Old Children, Los Angeles County, 2008 (full sample of ZIP codes N = 266)
| Number of Outlets per ZIP code (mean (sd)) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartiles of Obesity | Fast-food restaurants | Convenience stores* | Supermarkets* | Produce stores | Farmers’ markets |
| Lowest quartile: 0.00–16.67% (N = 65) | 6.8 (5.1) | 4.1 (5.2) | 4.0 (3.2) | 0.5 (1.1) | 0.5 (0.7) |
| 2nd quartile: 16.68–20.16% (N = 68) | 7.0 (4.2) | 7.1 (6.4) | 5.2 (3.3) | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.6) |
| 3rd quartile: 20.17%–22.74% (N = 67) | 8.0 (4.4) | 13.8 (10.3) | 7.5 (4.0) | 1.1 (2.0) | 0.4 (0.7) |
| Highest quartile: 22.75%–52.63% (N = 66) | 6.4 (3.8) | 12.8 (14.1) | 6.8 (4.7) | 1.8 (10.4) | 0.4 (0.6) |
*
P <0.0001, as indicated by analysis of variance