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Table 4 Factors associated with availability of chocolate candy, sugar-sweetened beverages, and french fried potatoes in middle/high (N = 118) schools

From: School nutritional capacity, resources and practices are associated with availability of food/beverage items in schools

 

Availability of chocolate candy

Availability of sugar-sweetened beverages

Availability of french fried potatoes

  

Coefficient

Coefficient

Coefficient

  

[95% CI]

[95% CI]

[95% CI]

  

p-value

p-value

p-value

Constant

4.58

-1.11

-0.80

  

[-0.75; 9.11]

[-7.17; 4.96]

[-6.82; 5.23]

  

p = .092

p = .720

p = .795

School socio-demographic characteristics (Covariates)

School size

0.10

0.28

0.40

  

[-0.34; 0.53]

[-0.19; 0.75]

[-0.11; 0.92]

  

p = .654

p = .239

p = .123

School setting

Urban

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

Suburban

-0.50

0.40

0.14

  

[-1.87; 0.87]

[-1.20; 2.00]

[-1.41; 1.68]

  

p = .474

p = .620

p = .862

 

Rural

-1.51

1.44

-0.30

  

[-3.17; 0.15]

[-0.40; 3.28]

[-2.32; 1.72]

  

p = .074

p = .126

p = .771

School characteristics

Policy institutionalization

District guidelines

-0.28

-0.77

0.11

  

[-2.02; 1.47]

[-2.58; 1.03]

[-1.52; 1.73]

  

p = .756

p = .899

p = .400

 

School guidelines

0.56

2.05

-0.36

  

[-2.18; 3.30]

[-0.63; 4.72]

[-3.26; 2.54]

  

p = .687

p = .133

p = .808

Climate

0.03

0.55

-0.23

  

[-0.86; 0.92]

[-0.36; 1.45]

[-1.29; 0.82]

  

p = .947

p = .234

p = .667

Capacity & resources - Nutritional resources

-0.05

0.19

1.53

  

[-1.38; 1.29]

[-1.04; 1.41]

[0.08; 2.98]

  

p = .945

p = .766

p = .039*

Capacity & resources - Program participation

BCSFVNP

No

(reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

  

Yes

1.02

0.43

0.32

   

[-0.71; 2.74]

[-1.02; 1.88]

[-1.28; 1.91]

   

p = .234

p = .552

p = .690

 

BC Milk Program

No

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

  

Yes

0.19

-0.36

-0.71

   

[-1.12; 1.51]

[-1.65; 0.92]

[-2.17; 0.75]

   

p = .773

p = .580

p = .343

School nutrition practices

-0.23

-0.27

-0.22

   

[-0.37; -0.08]

[-0.42; -0.11]

[-0.40; 0.04]

   

p = .002**

p = .001**

p = .019*

School internal and external influences

Internal and external Support

 

-1.38

-0.28

-0.11

   

[-2.84; -0.07]

[-1.75; 1.19]

[-1.80;1.58]

  

p = .063

p = .706

p = .901

  1. CI = Confidence Interval; BC = British Columbia; BCSFVNP = BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program.
  2. ** Significant at p < .01.
  3. * Trend towards statistical significance at p < .05.