Table 2.

Multilevel regression analysis assessing the relationship between food environment exposures and dietary quality among 6-year-olds, Southampton Women’s Survey, Hampshire, UK, 2007–2014

	Diet quality score (Z-score), unadjusted models (n 1173)		Diet quality score (Z-score), adjusted models* (n 1173)
	β (sd/outlet)	95 % CI	β (sd/outlet)	95 % CI
Supermarkets	0·035	−0·007, 0·077	0·044	0·008, 0·079
Healthy specialty stores	0·025	0·007, 0·044	0·024	0·009, 0·040
Fast-food and takeaway outlets	0·005	−0·004, 0·013	0·009	0·002, 0·016
Total number of outlets	0·003	−0·001, 0·007	0·005	0·001, 0·007
	β (sd/10 % increase in healthy outlets as a proportion of total outlets	95 % CI	β (sd/10 % increase in healthy outlets as a proportion of total outlets	95 % CI
Relative measure (10 % increase)	0·068	0·018, 0·117	0·037	−0·064, 0·081

^*Confounding variables included: maternal educational attainment and level of neighbourhood deprivation.