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Table 2 Distribution of ED consumer categories and weekly number of cans consumed for girls and boys

From: Consumption of energy drinks among adolescents in Norway: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Girls

Boys

Missing gender

(n = 31,091)

(n = 15,530)

(n = 14,581)

(n = 980)

Consumer categories

 Has never consumed ED

10,869 (35.0)

7341 (47.3)

3170 (21.7)

358 (36.5)

 Has previously consumed ED, but has quit

3964 (12.7)

1865 (12.0)

1999 (13.7)

100 (10.2)

 ED consumer categories

16,258 (52.3)

6324 (40.7)

9412 (64.5)

522 (53.2)

  Infrequent consumers

  12,218 (39.3)

  5413 (34.9)

  6430 (44.1)

  375 (38.3)

  Frequent consumers

  2950 (9.5)

  685 (4.4)

  2167 (14.9)

  98 (10.0)

  High consumers

  1090 (3.5)

  226 (1.5)

  815 (5.6)

  49 (5.0)

Weekly number of cansa consumed

 No ED consumption

14,833 (47.7)

9206 (59.3)

5169 (35.5)

458 (46.7)

 Less than one can

11,691 (37.6)

5244 (33.8)

6081 (41.7)

366 (37.3)

 At least one can

4222 (13.6)

936 (6.0)

3139 (21.5)

147 (15.0)

  At least two cans

  2576 (8.3)

  460 (3.0)

  2025 (13.9)

  91 (9.3)

  At least three cans

  1289 (4.1)

  244 (1.6)

  992 (6.8)

  53 (5.4)

  At least four cans

  1101 (3.5)

  190 (1.2)

  864 (5.9)

  47 (4.8)

 Missing

345 (1.1)

144 (0.9)

192 (1.3)

9 (0.9)

  1. ED consumer categories were defined as follows: infrequent consumers (EDs consumed < once weekly), frequent consumers (one-three times weekly) and high consumers (≥ four times weekly)
  2. aOne can = 500 ml