Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and sugar-sweetened beverage intake of the study participants: adolescents aged 15–19 years residing in north-west Mexico, April–May 2016
| Total (n 29) | Females (n 16) | Males (n 13) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age (years) | 17·0 | 1·4 | 16·8 | 1·5 | 17·3 | 1·2 |
| Weight (kg) | 63·3 | 13·0 | 63·4 | 12·0 | 63·2 | 14·6 |
| Height (m) | 1·68 | 0·10 | 1·65 | 0·07 | 1·72 | 0·77 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22·3 | 4·4 | 23·1 | 3·7 | 21·3 | 5·0 |
| SES (0–10)* | 5·6 | 2·5 | 5·2 | 3·2 | 6·2 | 1·7 |
| Mean daily intake of SSB (ml/d)† | ||||||
| Sweetened juices/fruit drinks | 368·3 | 442·7 | 290·2 | 298·2 | 447·8 | 554·7 |
| Regular soft drinks | 189·3 | 169·2 | 230·0 | 178·6 | 186·6 | 175·5 |
| Aguas frescas | 325·7 | 419·6 | 306·4 | 406·1 | 306·0 | 414·0 |
| Sweetened iced teas | 259·5 | 376·6 | 265·7 | 300·0 | 301·2 | 506·4 |
| Coffee and/or tea, with sugar | 242·4 | 277·9 | 223·8 | 154·1 | 142·9 | 378·1 |
| Sport and energy drinks | 256·6 | 419·6 | 169·2 | 50·5 | 299·1 | 535·3 |
| Total SSB | 1020·8 | 1297·6 | 908·5 | 722·8 | 1159·9 | 1718·0 |
SES, socio-economic status; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages.
*
SES was assessed based on an asset index comprising availability of basic and non-basic goods and durables and educational attainment of the household head.
†
Intake of SSB was assessed via a sixteen-item beverage intake questionnaire (AG Ortega-Avila, A Papadaki and R Jago, unpublished results).