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. 2019 May 14;22(16):3035–3048. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019000715

Table 4.

Relationship between knowledge score and proportion of water and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption among the sample of elementary-school children aged 8–14 years (n 1049), London, Ontario, Canada, October–November 2016

Percentage of total beverage consumption frequency attributable to water Percentage of total beverage consumption frequency attributable to SSB
β 95 % CI P β 95 % CI P
Total knowledge score
Unadjusted 0·56 0·39, 0·74 <0·0001*** −0·56 −0·72, −0·40 <0·0001***
  Model 1 0·51 0·32, 0·70 <0·0001*** −0·50 −0·67, −0·34 <0·0001***
  Model 2§ 0·37 0·19, 0·56 <0·0001*** −0·37 −0·52, −0·21 <0·0001***
  Model 3 0·34 0·16, 0·52 0·0002*** −0·33 −0·49, −0·18 <0·0001***
Water knowledge score
Unadjusted 1·90 1·17, 2·62 <0·0001*** −2·12 −2·75, −1·49 <0·0001***
  Model 1 1·64 0·87, 2·41 <0·0001*** −1·88 −2·55, −1·22 <0·0001***
  Model 2§ 1·11 0·37, 1·85 0·0031** −1·36 −1·99, −0·74 <0·0001***
  Model 3 1·12 0·39, 1·85 0·0026** −1·41 −2·03, −0·79 <0·0001***
Nutrition knowledge score
Unadjusted 0·56 0·35, 0·76 <0·0001*** −0·53 −0·71, −0·36 <0·0001***
  Model 1 0·49 0·28, 0·70 <0·0001*** −0·46 −0·64, −0·28 <0·0001***
  Model 2§ 0·36 0·16, 0·56 0·0004*** −0·33 −0·51, −0·16 0·0001***
  Model 3 0·32 0·12, 0·52 0·0015** −0·29 −0·46, −0·12 0·0008***

**P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.

SSB include fruit-flavoured drinks, regular pop, energy drinks and chocolate milk.

Model 1 adjusted for the sociodemographic characteristics sex, age, ethnicity, household income level, maximum household education, child living arrangement and parental work status.

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Model 2 added daily servings of fruits and vegetables and weekly junk food consumption frequency.

Model 3 added participation in school milk programme, permission to leave school grounds at lunchtime and frequency of refillable water bottle use.