. 2011 Apr 15;8(3):A68.

Table 1.

Differences in the Weight-Related Family Environments of Adolescent Girls (n = 250), by Race/Ethnicity, Minnesota

Weight-Related Characteristic	Adjusted Means^a					F ₄	P Value

	White (n = 74)	African American/Black (n = 65)	Hispanic (n = 27)	Asian (n = 60)	Mixed/Other (n = 24)
Family physical activity environment
Physical activity resources (range, 0-9)^b	4.4^x	2.8^y	2.8^yz	3.6^z	3.5^yz	5.8	<.001
Parental moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, h/wk	3.6	2.9	3.0	3.4	2.9	0.5	.77
Family support for physical activity (range, 5-15)	12.2	12.5	12.9	13.1	14.0	0.7	.59
Family television use
Media resources (range, 0-5)	4.2	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7	1.7	.16
Televisions in the home (range, 0-≥4)	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.6	3.1	1.7	.16
Girls with television in bedroom, %^b	46.3^x	56.5^x	48.3^x	14.1^y	79.3^z	10.2	<.001
Parental television use, h/wk^b	15.2^xy	18.6^xy	22.5^x	14.7^y	17.7^xy	3.0	.02
Familial encouragement to limit television use (range, 1-5)	2.7	2.9	3.4	3.4	3.1	2.3	.06
Family food environment
Healthful home food availability (range, 4-16)	12.0	11.4	12.3	11.9	11.3	0.9	.48
Unhealthful home food availability (range, 4-16)^b	9.6^xy	8.91^xy	10.0^x	8.3^y	9.8^xy	3.0	.02
Parental fruit and vegetable intake, servings/d^b	4.2^x	5.3^xy	4.7^xy	6.1^y	5.0^xy	3.0	.02
Parental soft drink intake, servings/wk^b	1.5^xy	2.0^yz	2.3^z	1.0^x	2.7^z	5.3	<.001
Familial encouragement for healthful eating (range, 1-5)	3.8	3.9	4.1	3.8	4.1	0.4	.80
Family meals, times/wk	4.8	4.1	4.9	4.7	4.7	0.6	.70
Fast-food family meals, times/wk	1.2	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.4	0.6	.67

Parental education and girls' foreign-born status included as covariates, school included as random effect.

Within this row, adjusted means that share a common superscripted letter (x, y, or z) are not statistically different at an α level of .05. Adjusted means that do not share a common superscripted letter are statistically different.