Table 3 Featuring the school environment based on obesity in students in the age group 12–17 years from Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2013 -2014

School environment for exercising ^a (n = 2,530)

 Unfavorable conditions

64.63

64.19

64.61

Ref

 More favorable conditions

35.37

35.81

35.39

0.76

0.66

0.89

 < 0.001*

Vulnerability to health index (VHI) (n = 2,466)

 Low

48.94

49.86

48.87

Ref

 Medium

43.62

43.2

43.65

0.83

0.71

0.97

0.021*

 High and very high

7.44

6.94

7.48

0.7

0.46

1.07

0.106

School managerial dependence type (n = 2,530)

 Public

77.58

77.76

77.57

Ref

 Private

22.42

22.24

22.43

0.55

0.45

0.66

 < 0.001*

Ready-to-eat food shops within the 800-m buffer around the school ^b (n = 2.530) (min., max.)

 1st tercile (2 – 49)

37.78

33.91

38.07

Ref

 2nd tercile (50 – 79)

36

43.7

35.41

1.25

1.05

1.49

0.011*

 3rd tercile (85 – 437)

26.22

22.39

26.52

1.23

1.04

1.46

0.015*

Number of drinking fountains ^c

6.34 (0.52)

5.66 (0.49)

6.39 (0.53)

0.93

0.91

0.94

 < 0.001*