Correlates of English local government use of the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 3 Associations of takeaway food outlet metrics and planning policy status in English local government areas, estimated using unadjusted and adjusted multinomial logistic regression models (n = 135)

	Specific Non-health Planning Policy Status				Specific Health Planning Policy Status
	Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Number, count^a
Q1 (0–76)	ref	–	ref	–	Ref	–	ref	–
Q2 (77–120)	4.21	1.36, 13.07	5.10	1.46, 17.74	6.75	0.69, 65.78	5.35	0.48, 59.28
Q3 (121–251)	3.30	1.01, 10.71	2.52	0.65, 9.74	12.60	1.41, 112.39	4.85	0.44, 52.70
Q4 (252–1279)	5.06	1.37, 18.57	3.93	0.78, 19.64	54.00	6.17, 472.41	16.98	1.44, 199.04
Number, count/1000 population ^{a, b}
Q1 (0.0–0.75)	ref	–	ref	–	ref	–	ref	–
Q2 (0.76–0.96)	1.90	0.59, 6.17	2.15	0.57, 8.03	1.27	0.23, 6.93	0.57	0.08, 3.79
Q3 (0.97–1.13)	6.53	1.97, 21.65	7.77	1.85, 32.64	6.53	1.41, 30.26	2.05	0.33, 12.50
Q4 (1.14–2.68)	9.33	2.49, 34.87	10.80	1.90, 61.28	23.33	5.09, 106.81	4.44	0.63, 30.95
Proportion (%) ^{a, c}
Q1 (0.0–20.5)	ref	–	ref	–	ref	–	ref	–
Q2 (20.6–24.3)	6.11	1.50, 24.93	5.89	1.36, 25.48	1.52	0.38, 6.09	0.88	0.18, 4.27
Q3 (24.4–28.5)	5.41	1.29, 22.69	4.95	1.10, 22.22	2.60	0.72, 9.34	0.87	0.19, 4.05
Q4 (28.6–37.3)	19.80	4.46, 87.80	19.60	3.64, 105.51	7.42	1.90, 28.93	1.45	0.27, 7.67

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs relative to reference group (ref). ^aQuarter (Q) 1 = lowest, Q4 = highest. ^bNumber of takeaway food outlets per 1000 local government area population. ^cProportion of all food retail outlets that are takeaway food outlets

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