Consumption Frequency of Foods Away from Home Linked with Higher Body Mass Index and Lower Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Multivariate analysis of FV servings per day and frequency of FAFH by gender, adjusted for covariates.
Dependent variable: fruit and vegetables servings/day
Total
Female
Male
Parameter
β
SE
value
β
SE
value
β
SE
value
Intercept
3.56
0.34
<0.001
3.663
0.44
<0.001
3.54
0.55
<0.001
Age
0.02
0.00
<0.001
0.018
0.01
0.001
0.01
0.01
0.065
Race (ref. = White)
Not White
0.32
0.14
0.028
0.40
0.19
0.033
0.19
0.22
0.396
Education (ref. = college graduate)
High school
−0.74
0.16
<0.001
−0.97
0.21
<0.001
−0.37
0.23
0.105
Some college
−0.61
0.13
<0.001
−0.46
0.17
0.007
−0.81
0.19
<0.001
Income (ref. ≥ $100K)
<$50K
0.27
0.16
0.095
0.31
0.22
0.157
0.20
0.23
0.384
$50–$100K
0.45
0.14
0.001
0.53
0.19
0.006
0.36
0.20
0.079
Marital status (ref. = married or member of unmarried couple)
Divorced/separated/widowed/never married
−0.14
0.13
0.298
−0.16
0.17
0.358
−0.22
0.20
0.263
Smoking status (ref. = current/former smoker)
Never smoked
−0.04
0.11
0.740
−0.08
0.14
0.565
−0.10
0.16
0.540
Physical activity (ref. = yes)
No
−0.93
0.13
<0.001
−1.04
0.17
<0.001
−0.77
0.20
<0.001
Frequency of FAFH per week (FAFH) (ref. = 0-1)
2–4
−0.32
0.12
0.007
−0.36
0.15
0.018
−0.16
0.18
0.386
5+
−0.46
0.15
0.003
−0.30
0.23
0.182
−0.34
0.21
0.106
FV, fruit and vegetable; FAFH, foods away from home; ref., reference category.
