Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults

Table 3 Comparison of proximity and coverage measures of spatial access between traditional fast-food restaurants, non-traditional fast-food outlets, and all fast-food opportunities, using the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test (n = 1,409)

	Z-statistic	P-value
Proximity
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. non-traditional fast-food outlet	22.99	<0.0001
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. all fast-food opportunities	30.51	<0.0001
Non-traditional fast-food outlet vs. all fast-food opportunities	14.10	<0.0001
Coverage (≤ 1 mile)
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. non-traditional fast-food outlet	-12.50	<0.0001
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. all fast-food opportunities	-25.40	<0.0001
Non-traditional fast-food outlet vs. all fast-food opportunities	-22.49	<0.0001
Coverage (≤ 3 miles)
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. non-traditional fast-food outlet	-1.67	0.094
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. all fast-food opportunities	-29.24	<0.0001
Non-traditional fast-food outlet vs. all fast-food opportunities	-25.31	<0.0001
Coverage (≤ 5 miles)
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. non-traditional fast-food outlet	-5.64	<0.0001
Traditional fast-food restaurant vs. all fast-food opportunities	-31.39	<0.0001
Non-traditional fast-food outlet vs. all fast-food opportunities	-27.64	<0.0001