Table 4 Regression Models of the Association between Dining Volume and Built Environment. (N = 50).

From: Addressing ‘difficulty in dining’ among older adults: optimizing community senior dining halls from external and internal built environments

Variables		400 m buffer		600 m buffer		800 m buffer
Variables		Coef. (SE)	P-value	Coef. (SE)	P-value	Coef. (SE)	P-value
External built environment
Density	FAR	−0.271 (0.127)	0.042**	−0.271 (0.139)	0.038**	−0.224 (0.132)	0.101
Design	Street density	−0.166 (0.151)	0.282	−0.166 (0.170)	0.352	−0.262 (0.147)	0.085*
	Number of bus stops	0.072 (0.135)	0.597	0.072 (0.171)	0.249	−0.188 (0.140)	0.192
	Distance to the nearest subway station	−0.235 (0.129)	0.080*	−0.235 (0.124)	0.046**	−0.285 (0.124)	0.029**
Diversity	Catering POI diversity	−0.107 (0.145)	0.466	−0.107 (0.156)	0.125	−0.187 (0.145)	0.206
Internal built environment
Facilities	Availability of kitchen	0.046 (0.157)	0.774	0.046 (0.158)	0.526	0.090 (0.154)	0.565
Facilities	Availability of healthcare center	0.173 (0.167)	0.311	0.173 (0.172)	0.544	0.117 (0.165)	0.487
Architectural	Availability of dine-in seating	0.392 (0.170)	0.029**	0.392 (0.166)	0.038**	0.333 (0.169)	0.060*
Architectural	Number of entrances	−0.022 (0.146)	0.880	−0.022 (0.146)	0.996	−0.022 (0.139)	0.875
design	Building floor	−0.255 (0.153)	0.107	−0.255 (0.153)	0.080*	−0.262 (0.148)	0.087*
design	Accessible entrances	−0.015 (0.142)	0.918	−0.015 (0.157)	0.970	0.079 (0.155)	0.615
Interior design	Number of seats (ref. < = 10)
	11–20	0.137 (0.158)	0.392	0.137 (0.157)	0.232	0.166 (0.153)	0.287
	21–30	0.317 (0.136)	0.027**	0.317 (0.141)	0.009***	0.345 (0.136)	0.017**
	> 30	0.319 (0.134)	0.025**	0.319 (0.135)	0.031**	0.309 (0.132)	0.026**
	Barrier-free handrail	0.245 (0.136)	0.083*	0.245 (0.136)	0.201	0.207 (0.134)	0.135
	Availability of wash basins	0.030 (0.170)	0.863	0.030 (0.182)	0.710	−0.032 (0.172)	0.852
	Water dispenser	0.305 (0.154)	0.057*	0.305 (0.153)	0.028**	0.393 (0.154)	0.016**
	Clock	0.172 (0.167)	0.312	0.172 (0.166)	0.325	0.154 (0.165)	0.358
	TV	0.069 (0.135)	0.614	0.069 (0.145)	0.353	0.080 (0.131)	0.546
Covariates
	Older population density	0.135 (0.145)	0.359	0.135 (0.149)	0.161	0.261 (0.157)	0.107
	Food taste (votes)	0.266 (0.142)	0.071*	0.266 (0.146)	0.152	0.198 (0.148)	0.190
Adjusted R²		0.478		0.476		0.494
AIC		127.52		127.65		125.95

*p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01, FAR Floor area ratio, bold values indicate significant regression coefficient.

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Table 4 Regression Models of the Association between Dining Volume and Built Environment. (N = 50).

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