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Table 2 The association between fast-food outlet presence and Body Mass Index

From: The association between the presence of fast-food outlets and BMI: the role of neighbourhood socio-economic status, healthy food outlets, and dietary factors

Number of fast-food outlets within 1 km

N (%)

Unadjusted model, B (95% CI)

Adjusted model, B (95% CI)a

0 fast-food outlets

33,407 (22.3)

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1 fast-food outlet

20,055 (13.4)

0.17 (0.07, 0.27)

0.11 (0.01, 0.21)

≥ 2 fast-food outlets

96,054 (64.2)

0.05 (-0.03, 0.13)

0.10 (-0.01, 0.20)

  1. a: analyses were adjusted for age, sex, partner status, highest level of completed education, weekly working hours, income, number of physical activity facilities within 1 km, household size, number of healthy food outlets within 1 km, neighbourhood socio-economic status, occupational prestige, and address density. Note: Bold values represent associations with p < 0.05