Table 4.
Beverage Consumption (in grams) Classified by Category for African American and White HANDLS Participants by Weight Statusa
| Beverage Classificationb | Normal |
Overweight |
Obese |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African American (n = 365) | White (n = 224) | P | African American (n = 334) | White (n = 223) | P | African American (n = 521) | White (n = 320) | P | |
| Category 1 | 1009.1 (57.0) | 836.4 (72.8) | .0664 | 1055.6 (57.6) | 852.3 (70.5) | .0260 | 1101.7 (44.2) | 836.8 (56.4) | .0002 |
| Category 2 | 137.6 (23.8) | 495.3 (30.4) | < .0001 | 151.4 (25.2) | 451.6 (30.8) | < .0001 | 157.4 (17.5) | 442.0 (22.4) | < .0001 |
| Category 3 | 5.8 (3.7) | 39.0 (4.7) | < .0001 | 9.0 (5.0) | 46.0 (6.1) | < .0001 | 9.0 (2.5) | 21.0 (3.2) | .0033 |
| Category 4 | 22.7 (14.0) | 127.0 (17.8) | < .0001 | 25.5 (14.8) | 184.1 (18.1) | < .0001 | 69.4 (17.3) | 314.4 (22.0) | < .0001 |
| Category 5 | 398.8 (31.3) | 372.0 (39.9) | .5981 | 343.8 (26.7) | 340.9 (32.7) | .9444 | 227.5 (16.7) | 232.7 (21.3) | .8474 |
| Category 6 | 580.2 (34.0) | 595.9 (43.4) | .7758 | 576.0 (32.4) | 511.3 (39.7) | .2075 | 492.2 (27.5) | 582.3 (35.0) | .0433 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HANDLS, Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span.
a
Weight status was defined on the basis of body mass index (kg/m2). Normal weight was defined as BMI from 18.5 to 24.9; overweight was defined as BMI from 25 to 29.9; and obese was defined as BMI ≥ 30; values are mean (standard error of the mean).
b
Category 1, water; category 2, unsweetened coffee and tea; category 3, low-fat and fat-free milk and soy beverages; category 4, noncalorically sweetened beverages; category 5, caloric beverages with nutrients; category 6, calorically sweetened beverages.