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

Table 7 Association of sample characteristics, community and household food resources, and network distance to vegetables with combined fruit and vegetable intake among 582 rural seniors, using multivariable linear regression models

	Model 1: Supermarket		Model 2: Fresh Vegetables		Model 3: Fresh and Processed Vegetables
	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P	Coef (SE)^a	P
*Individual characteristics*
Live alone	-0.544 (0.150)	0.000	-0.521 (0.149)	0.000	-0.549 (0.149)	0.000
Female	0.494 (0.138)	0.000	0.518 (0.138)	0.000	0.494 (0.138)	0.000
Age, y	0.045 (0.009)	0.000	0.044 (0.009)	0.000	0.043 (0.009)	0.000
*Food Resources*
Food not last	-0.968 (0.182)	0.000	-0.950 (0.184)	0.000	-0.947 (0.183)	0.000
Few grocery stores	-0.299 (0.132)	0.024	-0.340 (0.131)	0.010	-0.335 (0.132)	0.011
Fruit/vegetable variety	-0.399 (0.197)	0.043	-0.416 (0.197)	0.035	-0.415 (0.194)	0.033
*Distance to nearest food store*
Supermarket^b	-0.020 (0.006)	0.002
Fresh vegetable^c			-0.021 (0.011)	0.054
Fresh and processed vegetable^d					-0.046 (0.016)	0.004
R²	0.152		0.148		0.152
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 vegetables
^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) vegetables

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