Food Access and Perceptions of the Community and Household Food Environment as Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Rural Seniors

Table 4 Association of sample characteristics, community and household food resources, and network distance to food stores with fruit intake among 582 rural seniors, using multivariable linear regression models

	Model: Supermarket		Model 2: Fresh Fruit		Model 3: Fresh and Processed Fruit
	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P
*Individual characteristics*
Live alone	-0.171 (0.087)	0.050	-0.158 (0.087)	0.070	-0.170 (0.087)	0.051
Female	0.288 (0.084)	0.001	0.301 (0.084)	0.000	0.285 (0.084)	0.001
Age, y	0.028 (0.006)	0.000	0.028 (0.006)	0.000	0.029 (0.006)	0.000
*Food Resources*
Food not last	-0.473 (0.108)	0.000	-0.464 (0.109)	0.000	-0.460 (0.108)	0.000
Few grocery stores	-0.073 (0.082)	0.371	-0.093 (0.081)	0.253	-0.098 (0.081)	0.227
Fruit/vegetable variety	-0.270 (0.112)	0.016	-0.281 (0.112)	0.012	-0.276 (0.110)	0.012
*Distance to nearest food store*
Supermarket^b	-0.012 (0.004)	0.003
Fresh fruit^c			-0.013 (0.007)	0.067
Fresh and processed fruit^d					-0.027 (0.009)	0.003
R²	0.111		0.105		0.112
P	<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001

^a SE = White-corrected standard errors
^b Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest supermarket
^c Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest food store with a good selection of fresh fruit
^d Network distance in miles from participant's residence to nearest food store with a good selection of fresh and processed (canned, frozen, and 100% juice) fruit

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