Availability of healthier options in traditional and nontraditional rural fast-food outlets

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Comparison of regular and healthier entrée and side dish variety scores by type of primary business*

	Traditional Fast Food (n = 84)	Convenience (n = 109)	Supermarket/Grocery (n = 12)
Breakfast entrée variety scores
Regular breakfast entrée variety	1.06 ± 1.41	1.05 ± 1.06	2.00 ± 1.54^§‡
Healthier breakfast entrée variety^†	0.63 ± 0.55	0.15 ± 0.36^¶	0.67 ± 0.50^§
Lunch/dinner entrée variety scores
Regular lunch/dinner entrée variety	3.77 ± 2.01	4.25 ± 2.33	6.00 ± 2.09^§‡
Healthier lunch/dinner entrée variety^†	2.0 ± 1.33	0.53 ± 0.79^¶	1.42 ± 1.08^§
Lunch/dinner side dish variety scores
Regular lunch/dinner side dishes variety	1.65 ± 1.33	0.81 ± 1.17^¶	3.50 ± 1.78^§‡
Healthier lunch/dinner side dish variety^†	0.52 ± 0.71	0.39 ± 0.69	1.50 ± 0.85^§‡

Values are mean ± standard deviation
*One-way analysis of variance, with Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons
^†Healthier variety score values for businesses that market regular entrée or side dish
^‡ Difference of means between supermarket/grocery stores and traditional fast food outlets (p < 0.05)
^§Difference of means between supermarket/grocery stores and convenience stores (p < 0.05)
^¶ Difference of means between convenience stores and traditional fast food outlets (p < 0.05)

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