TABLE 1.
Mean number of times sodas and flavored and sports beverages are consumed daily (based on previous day consumption) among 8th and 11th grade students across socio-demographic characteristics and BMI categories, by gender, SPAN 2004–2005
| Socio-demographic characteristics | MALES | FEMALES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular sodas | Flavored and sports beverage | Any SSB | Regular sodas | Flavored and sports beverage | Any SSB | |||
| n | Mean (SE)1) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | n | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | |
| Total3 | 7,535 | 1.04 (0.05) | 1 (0.05) | 1.78 (0.05) | 7,748 | 0.85 (0.04) | 0.75 (0.04) | 1.46 (0.04) |
| Grade | ||||||||
| 8th | 4,328 (57%) | 0.97 (0.06) | 1.01 (0.06) | 1.73 (0.06) | 4,499 (58%) | 0.85 (0.06) | 0.82 (0.05) | 1.5 (0.06) |
| 11th | 3,207 (43%) | 1.13 (0.07) | 0.99 (0.06) | 1.85 (0.07) | 3,249 (42%) | 0.84 (0.06) | 0.66 (0.04) | 1.4 (0.06) |
| Race /ethnicity | ||||||||
| African- American | 795 (11%) | 0.82 (0.1) | 1.42 (0.08) | 1.92 (0.09) | 947 (12%) | 0.7 (0.07) | 1.21 (0.07) | 1.69 (0.07) |
| Hispanic | 3,128 (42%) | 1.05 (0.04) | 0.97 (0.03) | 1.8 (0.04) | 3,430 (44%) | 0.99 (0.05) | 0.7 (0.05) | 1.52 (0.05) |
| White / other | 3,612 (48%) | 1.1 (0.09) | 0.91 (0.08) | 1.72 (0.1) | 3,371 (44%) | 0.78 (0.06) | 0.64 (0.05) | 1.33 (0.06) |
| Language spoken at home | ||||||||
| Not English | 1,624 (22%) | 0.95 (0.05) | 0.86 (0.06) | 1.64 (0.06) | 1,688 (22%) | 1.01 (0.07) | 0.78 (0.04) | 1.58 (0.06) |
| English | 5,826 (77%) | 1.07 (0.06) | 1.05 (0.05) | 1.82 (0.06) | 5,957 (77%) | 0.8 (0.04) | 0.74 (0.04) | 1.42 (0.05) |
| Economic disadvantage tertiles | ||||||||
| Lowest tertile | 2,394 (32%) | 1 (0.11) | 0.92 (0.08) | 1.69 (0.1) | 2,371 (31%) | 0.72 (0.06) | 0.64 (0.04) | 1.26 (0.06) |
| Middle tertile | 2,591 (34%) | 1.11 (0.07) | 1.06 (0.05) | 1.88 (0.06) | 2,683 (35%) | 0.88 (0.05) | 0.73 (0.05) | 1.5 (0.05) |
| Upper tertile | 2,550 (34%) | 1.01 (0.05) | 1.03 (0.08) | 1.77 (0.06) | 2,694 (35%) | 0.96 (0.09) | 0.89 (0.07) | 1.63 (0.06) |
| BMI categories2 | ||||||||
| Normal | 4,540 (60%) | 1.09 (0.07) | 1.03 (0.06) | 1.82 (0.07) | 4,977 (64%) | 0.9 (0.05) | 0.75 (0.04) | 1.49 (0.06) |
| Overweight | 1,286 (17%) | 0.94 (0.06) | 0.9 (0.09) | 1.69 (0.11) | 1,471 (19%) | 0.72 (0.07) | 0.79 (0.07) | 1.41 (0.09) |
| Obese | 1,709 (23%) | 0.97 (0.06) | 0.99 (0.07) | 1.73 (0.09) | 1,300 (17%) | 0.74 (0.06) | 0.71 (0.05) | 1.36 (0.08) |
1
SE=Standard error.
2
Classification of BMI categories - normal=<85th percentile; overweight=85th to 95th percentile; obese= >=95th percentile - follows WHO guidelines.
3
Sample sizes are not weighted. Estimated means and standard errors take into account the complex sampling scheme and survey weights