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. 2015 Jan 16;18(9):1545–1553. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014002985

Table 3.

Effects on self-reported purchase of soft drinks and sweets or cakes over the last week: proportions per group at pre-test and post-test (1= one or more times per week; 0= never); cluster-randomized controlled intervention providing lessons on healthy food and changes to school vending machines in secondary schools in the Netherlands. Results of multilevel logistic regression analyses are shown per outcome

Intervention group Control group
Pre Post Pre Post Intervention v. control
n % % n % % OR 95 % CI
Soft drinks
School vending machine 248 25 19 255 25 20 1·01 0·51, 1·98
School canteen or tuck shop 248 19 18 259 20 17 1·10 0·57, 2·11
Shop in the school surroundings 248 37 34 259 38 36 1·00 0·58, 1·74
Brought from home 252 47 43 259 52 56 0·55* 0·34, 0·88
Extra foods
School vending machine 253 29 20 262 33 20 1·02 0·54, 1·93
School canteen or tuck shop 253 34 25 257 48 30 0·86 0·45, 1·63
Shop in the school surroundings 258 52 45 265 51 49 0·89 0·53, 1·51
Brought from home 253 57 52 262 58 52 0·95 0·64, 1·41

*P<0·05.

Sample size per group of participants without missing data on post-test and covariates.

Odds ratio of the group effect adjusted for the effects of pre-test, age, gender, ethnicity, education and BMI.