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Table 8 Factors Associated with High Consumption of Carbonated Drinks, Sugar Sweetened Juice and Flavoured Milk

From: Sugar sweetened beverage consumption by Australian children: Implications for public health strategy

  

Carbonated Drinksa

Sweetened Juicea

Flavoured Milka

  

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age group

2-3 years

0.04

(0.02-0.09)

0.48

(0.35-0.67)

0.12

(0.08-0.20)

 

4-8 years

0.20

(0.14-0.29)

0.79

(0.58-1.08)

0.45

(0.33-0.61)

 

9-13 yearsb

1.00

     
 

14-16 years

1.25

(1.06-1.73)

1.22

(0.93-1.61)

1.37

(1.08-1.74)

Sex

Femaleb

1.00

   

c

 
 

Male

1.92

(1.49-2.47)

1.46

(1.17-1.83)

  

Highest Level of Household Education

University qualificationb

1.00

 

c

 

c

 
 

Vocational education

1.80

(1.25-2.59)

    
 

Year 11 or 12

1.71

(1.18-2.48)

    
 

Year 10 or below

2.21

(1.27-3.83)

    
 

Don't know

2.24

(1.53-3.28)

    

Daily Fruit Intake

> 2 serves

0.70

(0.52-0.93)

c

 

c

 
 

2 servesb

1.00

     
 

< 2 serves

1.28

(0.98-1.66)

    

Calcium Intake d

≥ RDIb

  

c

 

1.00

 
 

< RDI

    

0.37

(0.29-0.46)

Caffeine Intake e

Nob

1.00

     
 

Yes

3.15

(2.12-4.66)

c

 

2.32

(1.58-3.41)

  1. a High consumption: ≥ 90th percentile of intake
  2. b Reference category
  3. c Non-significant variables tested but eliminated from the final models (p > 0.05). Additional variable tested but eliminated from all models included location (rural or metropolitan), mother born overseas, birth weight, breastfeeding duration and BMI category.
  4. d RDI cut-offs for calcium: 1-3 years < 500 mg/day, 4-8 years < 700 mg/day, 9-11 years < 1,000 mg/day, 12-13 years < 1,300 mg/day, 14-18 years < 1,300 mg/day
  5. e High caffeine: 2-6 years > 45 mg per day, 7-9 years > 62.5 mg per day, 10-12 years > 85 mg per day, 13-16 years > 95 mg per day
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