Table 1.
Consumption of sweetened products (g of total sugars/day) according to age, sex, BMI, physical activity, psychosocial distress and daytime sleepiness scores (n=186)
| Factors | Individuals |
Sweetened products (g/day) |
p Value<* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | Mean | SE | ||
| Sex | 0.66 | ||||
| Male | 85 | 45.7 | 14.6 | 1.5 | |
| Female | 101 | 54.3 | 16.3 | 1.4 | |
| Age | 0.59 | ||||
| 18–30 | 83 | 44.6 | 19.5 | 1.6 | |
| 31–40 | 50 | 26.9 | 12.7 | 1.7 | |
| 41–50 | 21 | 11.3 | 17.2 | 4.2 | |
| 51–60 | 32 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 1.8 | |
| Physical activity | 0.31 | ||||
| No activity | 57 | 30.6 | 16.6 | 1.8 | |
| 1 time/week | 50 | 26.9 | 17.3 | 2.1 | |
| 2 times/week | 31 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 2.2 | |
| 3 times/week | 30 | 16.1 | 11.4 | 1.6 | |
| ≥ 4 times/week | 18 | 9.7 | 17.3 | 5.0 | |
| BMI | 0.86 | ||||
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 88 | 47.3 | 16.5 | 1.5 | |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 69 | 37.1 | 13.6 | 1.4 | |
| Obese(>30) | 29 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 3.3 | |
| Psychological distress (K10 scores) | 0.00 | ||||
| Low (10–20) | 103 | 55.4 | 12.7 | 1.1 | |
| Moderate (21–30) | 61 | 32.8 | 18.3 | 1.8 | |
| High (31–50) | 22 | 11.8 | 21.2 | 4.3 | |
| Daytime sleepiness (ESS scores) | 0.04 | ||||
| Low (0–5) | 56 | 30.1 | 12.7 | 1.5 | |
| Moderate (6–11) | 94 | 50.5 | 15.6 | 1.5 | |
| High (12–24) | 36 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 2.3 | |
*In the univariate regression analysis, sweetened products was log-transformed and all variables were entered as continuous (age, BMI, psychological distress scores (10–50) and daytime sleepiness scores (0–24). Physical activity categories were created by asking ‘how many times per week do you exercise enough to sweat?’ and answers ranged from 0 to 4 or more times/week.
BMI, body mass index; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; K10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.