Table 4.
Association between perceived availability of healthy foods and frequency of consumption of fruit – ELSA-Brasil, 2008–2010
| Consumption of fruita | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Weekly | Daily | High | |||
| OR | CI(95 %) | OR | CI(95 %) | OR | CI(95 %) | |
| Model 1 | ||||||
| Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better) | 1.01 | 0.91 – 1.14 | 1.37 | 1.24 – 1.52 | 1.65 | 1.47 – 1.84 |
| Model 2: Model 1 + age | ||||||
| Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better) | 1.02 | 0.91 – 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.18 – 1.45 | 1.53 | 1.36 – 1.71 |
| Age | 1 | 0.99 – 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.02 – 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 – 1.05 |
| Model 3: Model 2 + gender | ||||||
| Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better) | 1.02 | 0.91 – 1.15 | 1.32 | 1.19 – 1.46 | 1.55 | 1.38 – 1.74 |
| Age | 1 | 0.99 – 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.02 – 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 – 1.06 |
| Gender (male) | 0.76 | 0.67 – 0.85 | 0.45 | 0.4 – 0.5 | 0.28 | 0.25 – 0.32 |
| Model 4: Model 3 + education | ||||||
| Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better) | 1.02 | 0.91 – 1.14 | 1.30 | 1.17 – 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.33 – 1.68 |
| Age | 1.00 | 0.99 – 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.03 – 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.05 – 1.06 |
| Gender (male) | 0.77 | 0.69 – 0.87 | 0.46 | 0.42 – 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.25 – 0.32 |
| Education (Elementary complete) | 1.24 | 0.94 – 1.63 | 1.23 | 0.96 – 1.58 | 1.11 | 0.82 – 1.49 |
| (Secondary complete) | 1.42 | 1.13 – 1.78 | 1.82 | 1.48 – 2.23 | 1.56 | 1.23 – 1.99 |
| (University graduate) | 1.8 | 1.4 – 2.33 | 2.5 | 1.98 – 3.15 | 2.11 | 1.61 – 2.75 |
| (Postgraduate) | 2.21 | 1.75 – 2.80 | 3.56 | 2.88 – 4.41 | 4.41 | 3.47 – 5.62 |
| Model 5: Model 4 + standardised income score | ||||||
| Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better) | 1.02 | 0.91 – 1.14 | 1.29 | 1.16 – 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.32 – 1.66 |
| Age | 1 | 0.99 – 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.03 – 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 – 1.06 |
| Gender (male) | 0.77 | 0.69 – 0.87 | 0.46 | 0.42 – 0.52 | 0.29 | 0.25 – 0.32 |
| Education (Elementary complete) | 1.24 | 0.94 – 1.64 | 1.21 | 0.94 – 1.56 | 1.08 | 0.8 – 1.45 |
| (Secondary complete) | 1.42 | 1.13 – 1.78 | 1.75 | 1.42 – 2.15 | 1.46 | 1.15 – 1.87 |
| (University graduate) | 1.81 | 1.39 – 2.36 | 2.27 | 1.78 – 2.89 | 1.8 | 1.36 – 2.37 |
| (Postgraduate) | 2.23 | 1.72 – 2.89 | 3.06 | 2.42 – 3.86 | 3.42 | 2.62 – 4.46 |
| Per capita income z-score | 1 | 0.91 – 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.04 – 1.21 | 1.2 | 1.10 – 1.30 |
Reference category: rarely consumed (once a week or less). aweekly (two to four times a week); daily (once a day/five to six times a week); high (twice or more a day)
Bold data are statistically significative