Table 3.
Quartiles (Q) of fast-food outlet exposurea | ||||||||
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Q1 (n = 4167) | Q2 (n = 1360) | Q3 (n = 3096) | Q4 (n = 2175) | |||||
BMI-GRSb | Obese/normal weight (n), % obesec | RR (95% CI) | Obese/normal weight (n), % obesec | RR (95% CI) | Obese/normal weight (n), % obesec | RR (95% CI) | Obese/normal weight (n), % obesec | RR (95% CI) |
Low (n = 5399) | 392/836, 19.1 | REF | 122/286, 18.2 | 1.08d,e (0.83, 1.40) | 308/620, 19.9 | 1.21d,e (0.99, 1.48) | 179/555, 16.0 | 1.73d,e (1.27, 2.35)** |
High (n = 5399) | 559/682, 26.5 | 1.84d,e (1.55, 2.19)** | 158/247, 22.9 | 1.54d,e (1.20, 1.98)* | 413/493, 26.7 | 2.20d,e (1.81, 2.68)** | 214/416, 20.3 | 2.70d,e (1.99, 3.66)** |
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.001
aHome neighbourhood fast-food outlet exposure, quartiles (Q): Q1 (least exposed) = 0–1 outlets; Q2 = 2; Q3 = 3–14; Q4 (most exposed) = 15–51. Quartiles are unequal in sample size due to the distribution of the underlying data
bBMI-GRS, two groups split by sample median: low ≤ 2.29; high > 2.29
cPercent obese as a proportion of all participants, including those normal weight, overweight, and obese
dAdjusts for age, sex, household income, highest educational attainment, car access, smoking status, physical activity energy expenditure, counts of supermarkets in home neighbourhoods
eRRs relative to a single reference group (REF): those least exposed to fast-food outlets (Q1) and at lower BMI-GRS (low)