Table 2.

Fruit and vegetable consumption and its association with geographic accessibility, while controlling for known covariates

Logistic regression analysis [OR (95% CI) for Adults meeting USDA fruit and vegetable guideline by Accessibility to grocery store and socio demographic characteristics

Variable	Beta	OR	95% CI	P-Value
Accessibility Score(Marginal Effect =.031)	.0.181	1.20	1.00 – 1.43	0.040
Gender
Male	referent
Female	0.268	1.31	1.15 – 1.49	<0.0001
Race/Ethnicity
White	referent
Hispanic/Latino	−0.246	0.78	0.65 – 1.01	0.007
African-American	−0.371	0.69	0.58 – 0.80	0.002
Asian/Pacific Islander	− 0.195	0.82	0.70 – 0.98	0.104
Other	−0.208	0.81	0.62 – 1.24	0.437
Age
>=65	Referent
60–64	−0.395	0.67	0.49– 0.92	0.013
50–59	−0.468	0.63	0.50 – 0.78	<0.0001
40–49	−0.682	0.51	0.41 – 0.63	<0.0001
30–39	−0.686	0.50	0.30 – 0.63	<0.0001
25–29	−0.705	0.49	0.37 – 0.65	<0.0001
18–24	−0.684	0.52	0.40 – 0.70	<0.0001
Education
College/post Grad/Trade	referent
High School	−0.269	0.76	0.64 – 0.91	0.002
<High School	−0.306	0.74	0.58 – 0.93	0.010
Marital Status
Married	referent
Single	−0.191	0.83	0.74 – 0.89	0.004
Federal Poverty Level
>= 300 FPL	Referent
200–299% FPL	−0.104	−0.90	0.76 – 1.08	0.232
100–199% FPL	−0.049	0.95	0.78 – 1.16	0.628
0–99% FPL	−0.001	1.00	081.– 1.09	0.995
Neighborhood Safety
Very Safe	referent
Somewhat Safe	−0.082	0.92	0.80 – 1.06	0.254
Unsafe	−0.164	0.84	0.69 – 1.04	0.122
Total Serving of Fruit & Vegetables you should eat everyday
Don’t know the Guideline	referent
Knows the Guideline	1.789	6.0	5.20 – 6.90	<0.0001
PCT 100 POV	0.001	0.99	−0.03 – 0.03	0.968
PCT 200 POV	0.002	1.00	−0.98 – 1.02	0.984

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds Ratio