Development of a national childhood obesogenic environment index in the United States: differences by region and rurality

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	40.5^a (6.3)	43.7^a (7.3)	50.1^a (7.6)	43.0^a (8.9)
MICROPOLITAN COUNTIES	45.1^b (5.4)	47.0^b (7.4)	54.8^b (7.0)	48.9^b (7.8)
RURAL COUNTIES	49.4^c (5.0)	51.1^c (8.3)	55.2^b (8.7)	51.8^c (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

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