Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Adolescents: Association with Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Supermarkets and Fast Food Outlets

Table 1

Proportion of students with infrequent consumption of fruit or vegetables by sociodemographic characteristics and neighborhood variables.

	<Daily fruit intake		<Daily vegetable intake
	(n = 3506/6034)		(n = 3791/6034)
	%	P	%	P
All students, n = 6034	58.1		62.8
Sex
(i) boys (reference), n = 2950	65.0	<.0001	67.2	<.0001
(ii) girls, n = 3084	51.6		58.6
Grade
(i) fifth grade (reference), n = 2278	54.4	<.0001	60.2	0.0042
(ii) seventh grade, n = 2140	58.6		64.4
(iii) ninth grade, n = 1616	62.8		64.5
Family social class
(i) high (reference), n = 1384	50.0	<.0001	53.9	<.0001
(ii) middle, n = 2478	61.3		64.3
(iii) low, n = 1141	58.3		67.7
(iv) unclassifiable, n = 1031	61.4		66.1
Supermarket counts (300 meters)
(i) 0, n = 55 schools, n = 3943 students	59.2	0.1569	63.7	0.1198
(ii) 1, n = 17 schools, n = 1379 students	55.7		61.1
(iii) 2, n = 5 schools, n = 411 students	55.7		58.6
(iv) 3, n = 2 schools, n = 255 students	58.0		66.3
(v) 4, n = 1 school, n = 46 students	54.4		60.9
Fast food outlet counts (300 meters)
(i) 0, n =48 schools, n = 3388 students	57.0	0.0003	61.7	<.0001
(ii) 1, n = 17 schools, n = 1190 students	60.8		66.5
(iii) 2, n = 5 schools, n = 530 students	61.1		66.2
(iv) 3, n = 4 schools, n = 471 students	59.9		59.0
(v) 4, n = 2 schools, n = 218 students	56.8		67.0
(vi) 5 or more, n = 4 schools, n = 237 students	50.5 (ave)		55.4 (ave)
Supermarket concentration (300 meters)
(i) low, n = 55 schools, 3743 students	59.3	0.0176	63.8	0.0522
(ii) high, n = 26 schools, 2291 students	56.1		61.3
Fast food outlet concentration (300 meters)
(i) low, n = 56 schools, 4422 students	57.3	0.0519	62.0	0.0511
(ii) high, n = 24 schools, 1812 students	60.0		64.7