Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky

Table 4 Neighborhood Deprivation and the association with Modified Retail Food Environment Index and Stratified Store Type, Appalachia Kentucky, 2011

	Neighborhood Deprivation Score (Z-score)	p-value	95% CI
mRFEI Score*
Low mRFEI Score (0 no stores)	−1.3	0.19	−0.7, 0.11
Medium mRFEI Score (1–27)	−1.9	0.06	−0.71, 0.01
High mRFEI Score □ (28–100)	REF	REF	REF
Stratified Store Typeδ	Neighborhood Deprivation Score (Odds Ratio)	p-value	95% CI
Super Center (1 or more)	0.51	0.04	0.27, 0.97
Grocery and Super market (1 or more)	0.99	0.95	0.75, 1.31
Gas stations (1 or more)	0.87	0.15	0.62, 1.08
Convenience Stores (1 or more)	0.67	0.01	0.51, 0.89
Fast-Food Restaurants including take-out pizza (1 or more)	0.81	0.11	0.64, 1.05
Dollar Stores (1 or more)	0.95	0.87	0.72, 1.52

* Modified Retail Food Environment Index mRFEI = (Healthy Food Outlets)/(Healthy Food Outlets + Less Healthy Food Outlets) *100.
□ Reference is High mRFEI.
δ Reference is ‘none’ for each store type.

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