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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jun 7;51(5):e119–e127. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.04.019

Table 4.

Association Between Access to Built Resources and BMI

Neighborhood resources Distance to nearest resource (dn) Distance to utilized resource (du)
Unadjusted b Adjusted ba Unadjusted b Adjusted ba
BMI (kg/m2) ± se (95% CI) BMI (kg/m2) ± se (95% CI)
Grocery store n=255 −0.8 ± 1.8 (−4.3–2.7) −0.7 ± 1.8b (−4.2–2.7) 0.9 ± 0.2** (0.41.3) 0.9 ± 0.2**b (0.41.3)

Pharmacy n=160 1.2 ± 0.8 (−0.4–2.8) 1.3 ± 0.8b (−0.3–2.8) 0.3 ± 0.2 (0.0–0.6) 0.2 ± 0.2c (−0.1–0.5)

Outpatient provider n=244 0.4 ± 1.7 (−3.0–3.8) 1.0 ± 1.7d (−2.3–4.3) 0.1 ± 0.1 (−0.1–0.3) 0.2 ± 0.1b (0.0–0.4)

Place of worship n=154 −1.5 ± 2.2 (−5.9–2.9) −1.5 ± 2.2b (−5.8–2.8) 0.1 ± 0.2 (−0.4–0.5) −0.1 ± 0.2d (−0.6–0.4)
Neighborhood resources Time to nearest resource (tn) Time to utilized resource (tu)
Unadjusted b Adjusted ba Unadjusted b Adjusted ba
BMI (kg/m2) ± sd (95% CI) BMI (kg/m2) ± sd (95% CI)
Grocery store n=255 −0.6 ± 0.9 (−2.4–1.2) −0.5 ± 0.9b (−2.2–1.3) 0.3 ± 0.1** (0.10.5) 0.3 ± 0.1**b (0.10.5)

Pharmacy n=160 0.6 ± 0.5 (−0.4–1.5) 0.6 ± 0.5b (−0.3–1.6) 0.1 ± 0.1* (0.00.2) 0.1 ± 0.1*a (0.00.2)

Outpatient provider n=244 0.0 ± 0.9 (−1.6–1.7) 0.2 ± 0.8b (−1.4–1.9) 0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0–0.1) 0.1 ± 0.0b (0.0–0.2)

Place of worship n=154 −1.0 ± 0.9 (−2.8–0.9) −1.0 ± 0.9b (−2.8–0.8) 0.0 ± 0.1 (−0.1–0.2) 0.0 ± 0.1c (−0.2–0.2)

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (*p<0.05; **p<0.01).

a

Adjusted for age and gender.

b

Adjusted for age, gender, and self-reported health status.

c

Adjusted for age, gender, and education.

d

Adjusted for age, gender, education, and self-reported health status.