Table 5.

Coefficients and 95 % CI as derived from generalized estimating equation–linear regression analyses indicating the associations of relative measures of exposure to food retailers with dietary patterns among adults in neighbourhoods from five urban regions in Europe, February–September 2014. The SPOTLIGHT Project (n 4942)

	Healthy dietary pattern* †			Less healthy dietary pattern† ‡
	Coefficient	95 % CI	P value	Coefficient	95 % CI	P value
Tertiles of the mRFEI
Lowest	1			1
Medium	−28·4	−231·2, 174·4	0·784	13·1	−107·2, 133·4	0·831
Highest	86·8	−88·7, 262·4	0·332	93·4	−9·0, 195·7	0·074
Tertiles of the ratio for spatial access scores
Lowest	1			1
Medium	−58·8	−173·5, 67·9	0·391	20·4	−69·6, 110·4	0·657
Highest	48·0	−94·5, 190·5	0·509	36·0	−65·0, 137·1	0·484

mRFEI, modified Retail Food Environment Index.

Dietary patterns were obtained from principal component analysis. All models were adjusted for age, sex, educational attainment, household composition, urban region and self-selection variables.

^*Healthy dietary pattern is composed of fruits, vegetables and fish.

^†Scores for healthy and less healthy dietary patterns were multiplied by 1000.

^‡Less healthy dietary pattern is composed of fast foods, sweets and sweetened beverages.