Table 3.

Univariate analyses for modifiable school-level factors in relation to weekday consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among secondary-school students (n 41 829) from Alberta and Ontario participating in Year 2 of the COMPASS study, Canada, 2013/14

	Weekday SSB consumption†
	Composite SSB score‡		Soft drink		Sweetened coffees/teas		Energy drinks
Variable type	Rate§	95 % CI	Rate§	95 % CI	Rate§	95 % CI	Rate§	95 % CI
School beverage availability
Accessibility of water fountains
High	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Low	0·98	0·93, 1·04	0·97	0·92, 1·03	0·99	0·94, 1·05	0·97	0·80, 1·19
Availability of soft drinks in school vending machines
Unavailable	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Available	1·03	0·99, 1·08	1·03	0·97, 1·09	1·00	0·95, 1·05	1·22*	1·04, 1·42
Availability of sweetened coffees and teas in school vending machines
Unavailable	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Available	1·05	0·99, 1·12	1·01	0·95, 1·00	1·04	0·97, 1·12	1·32*	1·06, 1·65
School neighbourhood food outlets
Access to restaurants within 1 km buffer of school
No	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Yes	1·04	0·99, 1·09	1·00	0·95, 1·06	1·05*	1·00, 1·11	1·18	0·96, 1·45
Access to variety stores within 1 km buffer of school
No	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Yes	0·97	0·93, 1·02	0·97	0·92, 1·03	1·01	0·96, 1·06	0·86	0·73, 1·01
Access to food store within 1 km buffer of school
No	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
Yes	1·03	0·99, 1·08	1·00	0·95, 1·05	1·06*	1·00, 1·11	1·11	0·89, 1·39

Ref., reference category.

*P < 0·05.

^†Number of weekdays participants reported consuming SSB in a typical school week (Monday to Friday, 0–5 days).

^‡A composite score, ranging from 0 to 15, representing the sum of participants’ weekday rates of consuming the three distinct SSB categories.

^§Rates represent the exponentiated beta coefficients; bold values are statistically significant (P<0·20).