Table 2.
Adjusted means and standard errors for children’s weight status measures by categories of food outlet availability (n=1669)
| Weight status | BMI-healthy outlets | BMI-unhealthy outlets | BMI‘-intermediate outlets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No availability | Availability | p-value | No availability | Availability | p-value | No availability | Availability | p-value | |
| (n=1221) | (n=448) | (n=890) | (n=779) | (n=712) | (n=957) | ||||
| Height (cm) | 141.2 (0.21) | 140.7 (0.38) | 0.262 | 140.8 (0.27) | 141.5 (0.29) | 0.097 | 141.3 (0.28) | 141.0 (0.24) | 0.350 |
| Weight (kg) | 37.0 (0.26) | 35.7 (0.47)* | 0.025 | 36.0 (0.33) | 37.3 (0.35)* | 0.020 | 36.5 (0.34) | 36.7 (0.29) | 0.565 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 18.4 (0.10) | 17.9 (0.18)* | 0.022 | 18.1 (0.13) | 18.5 (0.14)* | 0.047 | 18.1 (0.13) | 18.3 (0.11) | 0.331 |
| BMI (z-score) | 0.46 (0.04) | 0.26 (0.06)* | 0.016 | 0.34 (0.04) | 0.49 (0.05)* | 0.049 | 0.37 (0.05) | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.241 |
| Waist (cm) | 64.5 (0.27) | 63.2 (0.48)* | 0.021 | 63.7 (0.33) | 64.8 (0.36)* | 0.035 | 63.9 (0.35) | 64.4 (0.30) | 0.326 |
| Waist/height | 0.46 (0.00) | 0.45 (0.00)* | 0.026 | 0.45 (0.00) | 0.47(0.00) | 0.091 | 0.45 (0.00) | 0.46 (0.00) | 0.138 |
| Body fat (%) | 31.0 (0.25) | 29.9 (0.43)* | 0.031 | 30.2 (0.30) | 31.2 (0.33)* | 0.032 | 30.5 (0.31) | 30.8 (0.27) | 0.494 |
*
significant difference between groups (p<0.05, ANCOVA)
Means adjusted for: IMD, population density, land use mix, density of commercial buildings and bus stops, gender, parental education, physical activity and the other two food outlet categories