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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2008 Oct 7;15(2):491–495. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.004

Table 2.

Associations between location of food stores and food service place and obesity (n = 1295)

Model 1 Model 2


Type of food store or food service place PR 95% CI PR 95% CI
Food stores
 Chain supermarkets 0.73 (0.60, 0.90) 0.78 (0.63, 0.95)
 Grocery stores 1.45 (1.17, 1.79) 1.31 (1.05, 1.62)
 Convenience stores 0.95 (0.78, 1.17) 0.91 (0.75, 1.12)
 Convenience stores with gas stations 1.31 (1.07, 1.60) 1.19 (0.97, 1.46)
 Specialty food stores 1.22 (0.92, 1.61) 1.15 (0.87, 1.52)
Food service
 Full service restaurant 1.16 (0.94, 1.42) 1.15 (0.94, 1.42)
 Franchised fast food 1.36 (1.05, 1.77) 1.30 (1.00, 1.69)
 Limited service restaurant 0.66 (0.50, 0.87) 0.73 (0.56, 0.95)
 Specialty food restaurant 0.58 (0.45, 0.74) 0.66 (0.51, 0.84)
 Bar and taverns 1.20 (0.87, 1.64) 1.10 (0.81, 1.51)
 Unknown 1.09 (0.89, 1.34) 1.06 (0.87, 1.30)