Table 3.
Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index by County Rurality and Region
| NORTHEAST MEAN (SD) |
MIDWEST MEAN (SD) |
SOUTH MEAN (SD) |
WEST MEAN (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | 40.5a (6.3) | 43.7a (7.3) | 50.1a (7.6) | 43.0a (8.9) |
| MICROPOLITAN COUNTIES | 45.1b (5.4) | 47.0b (7.4) | 54.8b (7.0) | 48.9b (7.8) |
| RURAL COUNTIES | 49.4c (5.0) | 51.1c (8.3) | 55.2b (8.7) | 51.8c (9.6) |
| ANOVA (F) | 38.31 | 89.81 | 67.88 | 40.19 |
| ANOVA (P) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| ANOVA INTERACTION TERM (F) | 82.07 | |||
| ANOVA INTERACTION TERM (P) | <.0001 | |||
Notes
A larger percentile indicates a more obesogenic environment
a,b,cDifferent superscript letters indicate means that were significantly different at p < .05