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Table 2 Estimated obesity prevalence difference in percentage points after implementation of the soda tax

From: An application of the augmented synthetic control method within a target trial framework: the case of the soda tax policy in California

City, year of policy implementation

Adjusted obesity prevalence difference, %

Albany, 2017

-1.7 (-11.3, 6.8)

Berkeley, 2015

-5.5 (-34.9, 21.1)

Oakland, 2017

-1.0 (-6.5, 4.3)

San Francisco, 2018

2.6 (-11.0, 16.8)

Overall

-1.4 (-9.2, 5.7)

  1. Model adjusted for age, sex, employment status, race/ethnicity, education, median log(income), marital status, log(population) size, and percentage of people taking public transportation to work. Mean and 95%CI for all estimates
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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