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Table 4 Longitudinal changes in beverage consumption

From: Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)

 

Time 1

Time 2

  

None

≤375 ml

376-749 ml

≥750ml

None

≤375 ml

376-749 ml

≥750ml

Sweet drinks (total)

All

n

372

397

341

494

459

439

317

389

 

(%)

(23.2)

(24.8)

(21.3)

(30.8)

(28.6)

(27.4)

(19.8)

(24.3)

Males

n

154

174

173

265

195

192

151

228

 

(%)

(20.1)

(22.7)

(22.6)

(34.6)

(25.5)

(25.1)

(19.7)

(29.8)

Females

n

218

223

168

229

264

247

166

161

 

(%)

(26.0)

(26.6)

(20.1)

(27.3)

(31.5)

(29.5)

(19.8)

(19.2)

p§

0.001

<0.0001

Fruit juice/cordial

All

n

498

441

323

342

587

477

268

272

 

(%)

(31.1)

(27.5)

(20.1)

(21.3)

(36.6)

(29.7)

(16.7)

(17.0)

Males

n

216

206

166

178

258

219

140

149

 

(%)

(28.2)

(26.9)

(21.7)

(23.2)

(33.7)

(28.6)

(18.3)

(19.5)

Females

n

282

235

157

164

329

258

128

123

 

(%)

(33.7)

(28.0)

(18.7)

(19.6)

(39.3)

(30.8)

(15.3)

(14.7)

p§

0.04

0.009

Soft drink

All

n

1072

380

60

92

1162

306

96

40

 

(%)

(66.8)

(23.7)

(3.7)

(5.7)

(72.4)

(19.1)

(6.0)

(2.5)

Males

n

492

179

37

58

507

169

61

29

 

(%)

(64.2)

(23.4)

(4.8)

(7.6)

(66.2)

(22.1)

(8.0)

(3.8)

Females

n

580

201

23

34

655

137

35

11

 

(%)

(69.2)

(24.0)

(2.7)

(4.1)

(78.2)

(16.4)

(4.2)

(1.3)

p§

0.002

<0.0001

  1. § P-value for the difference in the distribution of consumer between genders, tested by Chi-squared test.
  2. Intake of sweet drinks, fruit juice/cordial and soft drink by gender. Presented as proportion of consumers yesterday or last school day in four categories.
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