Table 2.
Individual characteristics and environmental features for the analytic samples
| Individual-level characteristic (baseline) | Overweight/obesity norm models (n = 1890)a n (%) | Insufficient fruit intake norm models (n = 1945)a n (%) |
| Length of follow-up (years)b | 6.84 (4.59-8.36) | 6.84 (4.54-8.36) |
| Sex (male) | 840 (44.4%) | 864 (44.4%) |
| Age in yearsc | 49.9 (15.2) | 50.0 (15.2) |
| Ethnicity: | ||
| Born in Australia/New Zealand/Western Europe | 1698 (90.2%) | 1748 (90.2%) |
| Employment: | ||
| Full-time employed | 727 (38.8%) | 747 (38.7%) |
| Part-time employed | 348 (18.6%) | 357 (18.5%) |
| Not in work-force | 800 (42.7%) | 826 (42.8%) |
| Education: | ||
| Not university graduate | 1639 (87.0%) | 1689 (87.1%) |
| University graduate | 245 (13.0%) | 250 (12.9%) |
| Smoking status: | ||
| Current smoker | 325 (17.4%) | 335 (17.4%) |
| Ex-smoker | 631 (33.7%) | 650 (33.8%) |
| Never smoked | 915 (48.9%) | 940 (48.8%) |
| Marital status: | ||
| Single | 663 (35.3%) | 686 (35.5%) |
| Married/de facto | 1215 (64.7%) | 1247 (64.5%) |
| HbA1c concentration (%)c | 5.43 (0.45) | 5.43 (0.45) |
| Environmental features | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| 1600 m buffer area (km2)b | 3.90 (3.29-4.83) | 3.90 (3.29-4.84) |
| Contextual features | ||
| Fast-food outlets (count) | 5.5 (3.9) | 5.5 (3.9) |
| Fast-food outlet density (count/buffer km2) | 1.67 (1.26) | 1.65 (1.26) |
| Healthful food resources (count) | 4.1 (3.4) | 4.0 (3.4) |
| Healthful food resource density (count/buffer km2) | 1.01 (0.89) | 1.01 (0.89) |
| Compositional features | ||
| Overweight/obesity norm (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) | 62.97% (2.21%) | - |
| n(SAMSS participants) per bufferb | 91 (72–116) | - |
| Insufficient fruit intake norm (<2 serves daily) | - | 53.82% (6.55%) |
| n(SAMSS participants) per bufferb | - | 96 (76–122) |
| Area-level education (% with university degree) | 10.19% (5.17) | 10.09% (5.18) |
a total n may vary due to missing values for some variables at baseline; b median (IQR); c mean/SD