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Table 2 Ratios of vegetable-rich meal orders and daily restaurant sales (during the intervention period vs the control period)

From: Effectiveness of a low-value financial-incentive program for increasing vegetable-rich restaurant meal selection and reducing socioeconomic inequality: a cluster crossover trial

 

Non-adjusted

Model 1

Model 2

Vegetable-rich meal orders

 Intervention (ref. control)

1.33 (1.18, 1.49)

1.35 (1.21, 1.52)

1.50 (1.29, 1.75)

 Weekends (ref. weekdays)

  

1.18 (0.98, 1.42)

 Temperature (per 1 °C increase)

  

0.91 (0.86, 0.97)

 Humidity (per 10% point increase)

  

1.06 (0.99, 1.13)

 Weather: Rain (ref. not rain)a

  

0.89 (0.74, 1.08)

 Adjusted for fixed effects of restaurants

No

Yes

Yes

Restaurant sales

 Intervention (ref. control)

1.14 (0.63, 2.05)

1.15 (0.82, 1.61)

1.77 (1.11, 2.83)

 Weekends (ref. weekdays)

  

1.22 (0.75, 1.98)

 Temperature (per 1 °C increase)

  

0.81 (0.69, 0.96)

 Humidity (per 10% point increase)

  

0.92 (0.78, 1.07)

 Weather: Rain (ref. no rain)a

  

0.70 (0.44, 1.12)

 Adjusted for fixed effects of restaurants

No

Yes

Yes

  1. aBased on weather during business hours. We estimated the ratios for vegetable-rich meal orders and restaurant sales separately. Model 1 adjusted for fixed effects of restaurants by adding the dummy variables identifying restaurants. In Model 2, we further added daily temporal and climatic data as covariates