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Table 4 Model results for census divisions and sprawl, controlling for factors listed in Table 3

From: Urban sprawl, obesity, and cancer mortality in the United States: cross-sectional analysis and methodological challenges

 

All cancers

Obesity related

Census division*

Coefficients**

SE

Coefficients

SE

Females

    

  Intercepts

346.5

79.1

126.2

26.6

Census divisions

    

1 New England

−250.4

74.5

−95.9

44.0

2 Mid-Atlantic

−4.0

44.3

−26.1

23.0

3 East North Central

−265.3

53.9

−97.6

29.0

4 West North Central

−109.1

82.8

−45.6

50.3

5 South Atlantic

−199.0

56.4

−98.8

30.3

6 East South Central

−307.4

105.2

−208.6

66.3

7 West South Central

−239.8

75.1

−154.5

42.1

8 Mountain

39.4

118.9

13.2

65.5

9 Pacific (Reference)

0

  

0

Ln Sprawl*Census Division

    

1 New England

13.8

13.5

12.4

9.4

2 Mid-Atlantic

−32.6

5.7

−2.3

3.1

3 East North Central

23.7

9.1

11.1

5.2

4 West North Central

−7.6

16.6

0.4

9.7

5 South Atlantic

8.0

9.9

14.0

5.4

6 East South Central

32.1

22.0

35.9

13.4

7 West South Central

21.7

14.7

27.0

8.8

8 Mountain

−41.4

24.1

−15.5

13.5

9 Pacific

−29.9

8.3

−8.4

4.4

Males

    

  Intercepts

209.7

128.5

14.3

27.9

Census divisions

    

1 New England

−222.9

101.3

−39.2

30.6

2 Mid-Atlantic

121.8

59.3

55.8

18.1

3 East North Central

−197.7

68.9

−53.4

21.1

4 West North Central

−183.1

104.4

−6.7

32.9

5 South Atlantic

−68.8

70.3

7.8

21.9

6 East South Central

−484.2

151.6

−192.2

48.2

7 West South Central

15.9

97.5

−22.7

30.5

8 Mountain

−78.4

126.5

−23.9

39.4

9 Pacific (Reference)

0

 

0

 

Ln Sprawl* Census division

    

1 New England

21.1

19.02

10.9

5.7

2 Mid-Atlantic

−50.9

6.6

−8.4

2.1

3 East North Central

19.9

10.8

15.4

3.4

4 West North Central

20.3

20.8

5.8

6.6

5 South Atlantic

−7.4

11.2

1.6

3.6

6 East South Central

87.4

31.9

46.5

10.2

7 West South Central

−18.7

18.7

10.0

5.9

8 Mountain

0.5

24.9

10.7

7.8

9 Pacific

−11.5

11.4

7.0

3.5

  1. *States contained in the US Census Divisions are available at [42].
  2. **Coefficients in bold are significantly different from zero, p ≤ 0.05.