Table 2. Regression analysis assessing food environment as a predictor of bone health in the total sample.

	Bone Mineral Density			Bone Mineral Content – adjusted for bone area, height and weight			Bone Mineral Content - adjusted for bone area & confounders1
Number within LSOA	Infant	4 year	6 year	Infant	4 year	6 year	Infant	4 year	6 year
Fast food outlets
Beta	−0.23**	−0.03	−0.01	−0.14	−0.07	0.01	−0.17*	−0.02	0.04
95% C.I	(−0.38,−0.08)	(−0.22,0.17)	(−0.17,0.14)	(−0.29,0.01)	(−0.26,0.13)	(−0.14,0.17)	(−0.32,−0.02)	(−0.22,0.18)	(−0.12,0.19)
p-value	<0.01	0.78	0.87	0.07	0.49	0.88	0.03	0.85	0.66
Healthy specialty stores
Beta	−0.03	0.16*	0.13	0.04	0.16	0.14	0.00	0.17*	0.11
95% C.I	(−0.18,0.11)	(−0.00,0.32)	(−0.01,0.26)	(−0.10,0.19)	(−0.01,0.32)	(0.01,0.28)	(−0.14,0.15)	(0.00,0.33)	(−0.03,0.24)
p-value	0.67	0.05	0.06	0.58	0.06	0.03	0.98	0.05	0.12
Supermarkets
Beta	−0.05	0.13	0.03	−0.03	0.09	0.02	−0.03	0.10	−0.03
95% C.I	(−0.17,0.08)	(−0.01,0.28)	(−0.10,0.15)	(−0.10,0.15)	(−0.05,0.24)	(−0.11,0.15)	(−0.15,0.10)	(−0.05,0.25)	(−0.15,0.10)
p-value	0.48	0.08	0.69	0.68	0.21	0.72	0.68	0.18	0.69

¹Confounding variables included: neighbourhood deprivation, maternal smoking status, maternal physical activity levels, maternal diet score, maternal body mass index (BMI) and child gender; infant models additionally adjusted for gestational age and age at scan; 6 year models additionally adjusted for age at scan.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001