Table 3. Models of the relationship between the numbers of each type of food stores and city level of income and urbanization*.
Large-sized supermarkets | Small/medium-sized markets | Specialty retailers | |||||||
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IRR | P | 95%CI | IRR | P | 95%CI | IRR | P | 95%CI | |
Income level (reference group: low) | |||||||||
Middle | 1.35 | 0.160 | (0.89,2.07) | 0.72 | 0.329 | (0.38,1.38) | 0.66 | 0.383 | (0.26,1.69) |
High | 1.84 | 0.046 | (1.01,3.35) | 0.51 | 0.022 | (0.29,0.91) | 0.55 | 0.196 | (0.22,1.37) |
Urbanization level (reference group: low) | |||||||||
Medium | 1.40 | 0.207 | (0.83,2.39) | 1.26 | 0.223 | (0.87,1.82) | 1.57 | 0.171 | (0.82,2.99) |
High | 1.95 | 0.005 | (1.08,3.55) | 0.69 | 0.044 | (0.39,1.23) | 0.83 | 0.604 | (0.42,1.66) |
*IRR, incidence-rate ratio.
The population size and area of study areas were adjusted for each model.