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Table 5 Association between perceived availability of healthy food and frequency of consumption of vegetables – ELSA-Brasil, 2008–2010

From: Association between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality: results of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Variables

Consumption of vegetablesa

Weekly

Daily

High

OR

CI(95 %)

OR

CI(95 %)

OR

CI(95 %)

Model 1

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.11

0.99 – 1.23

1.37

1.25 – 1.52

1.57

1.39 – 1.77

Model 2: Model 1 + age

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.10

0.98 – 1.22

1.34

1.21 – 1.48

1.53

1.35 – 1.73

  Age

1

1 – 1.01

1.01

1.01 – 1.02

1.02

1.01 – 1.02

Model 3: Model 2 + gender

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.10

0.98 – 1.22

1.34

1.21 – 1.48

1.53

1.35 – 1.73

  Age

1

1 – 1.01

1.02

1.01 – 1.02

1.02

1.01 – 1.02

  Gender (male)

0.76

0.68 – 0.85

0.52

0.47 – 0.58

0.44

0.39 – 0.5

Model 4: Model 3 + education

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.09

0.98 – 1.22

1.3

1.17 – 1.44

1.49

1.31 – 1.68

  Age

1.01

1 – 1.01

1.02

1.01 – 1.03

1.02

1.01 – 1.03

  Gender (male)

0.77

0.69 – 0.86

0.53

0.48 – 0.59

0.44

0.39 – 0.5

  Education (Elementary complete)

1

0.78 – 1.29

1.16

0.9 – 1.48

0.99

0.72 – 1.35

  (Secondary complete)

1.16

0.94 – 1.43

1.78

1.45 – 2.18

1.21

0.94 – 1.56

  (University graduate)

1.57

1.23 – 1.99

2.85

2.27 – 3.58

1.7

1.28 – 2.26

  (Postgraduate)

1.85

1.49 – 2.31

5.45

4.41 – 6.73

3.65

2.82 – 4.72

Model 5: Model 4 + standardised income score

 Neighbourhood availability of healthy foods (better)

1.08

0.97 – 1.21

1.28

1.16 – 1.42

1.47

1.30 – 1.67

  Age

1.01

1 – 1.01

1.01

1.01 – 1.02

1.02

1.01 – 1.02

  Gender (male)

0.78

0.69 – 0.87

0.54

0.49 – 0.6

0.44

0.39 – 0.5

  Education (Elementary complete)

0.99

0.77 – 1.27

1.12

0.87 – 1.43

0.96

0.7 – 1.32

  (Secondary complete)

1.12

0.9 – 1.38

1.62

1.32 – 1.99

1.13

0.88 – 1.46

  (University graduate)

1.41

1.1 – 1.81

2.29

1.81 – 2.91

1.45

1.08 – 1.94

  (Postgraduate)

1.56

1.22 – 2

3.83

3.04 – 4.84

2.81

2.12 – 3.73

  Per capita income z-score

1.14

1.05 – 1.25

1.30

1.21 – 1.41

1.23

1.12 – 1.34

  1. Reference category: rarely consumed (once a week or less). aweekly (two to four times a week); daily (once a day/five to six times a week); high (twice or more a day)
  2. Bold data are statistically significative