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. 2011 Mar 27;8:22. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-22

Table 4.

Per capita acquisition in grams of sugar, sweets, sugar sweetened beverages, and crackers, cookies and cakes by terciles of the dietary diversity score - mean and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)

Acquisition (g/per capita/day) Total
N = 3,393
1st tercile
N = 1,162
2nd tercile
N = 1,214
3rd tercile
N = 1,017
p-value of trend
Sugar 55.1
(52.8-57.5)
50.5
(46.5-54.5)
56.1
(51.9-60.2)
57.7
(53.8-61.6)
0.02
Sweets 12.1
(11.3-13.0)
8.4
(7.0-9.7)
12.1
(10.8-13.3)
14.9
(13.5-16.4)
<0.0001
Sugar sweetened beverages 87.1
(82.9-91.4)
66.8
(60.7-72.9)
89.8
(82.3-97.2)
100.4
(93.0-107.8)
<0.0001
Crackers, cookies and cakes 16.9
(16.2-17.6)
13.1
(11.9-14.4)
17.2
(16.1-18.3)
19.6
(18.6-20.7)
<0.0001

Brazil - urban area, 2002-2003.