Table 1. Demographic, dietary and physical factors associated with consumption of sugar-sweetened beverage in adolescents.
| Factors | Sugar-sweetened beverage intake (ml/day) | P a | |||
| Non-intake | 1–500 | 501–750 | >750 | ||
| Study sample (no.) | 40 | 80 | 40 | 40 | |
| Demographic factor | |||||
| Age (years)b | 13.4±1.0 | 13.5±1.0 | 13.5±1.2 | 13.6±1.2 | 0.803 |
| Boy | 25.0% | 51.3% | 47.5% | 70.0% | 0.001* |
| Study area | |||||
| Urban | 65.0% | 47.5% | 47.5% | 57.5% | 0.625 |
| Suburban | 15.0% | 26.3% | 25.0% | 22.5% | |
| Rural | 20.0% | 26.3% | 27.5% | 20.0% | |
| Dietary and physical factor | |||||
| Total calories (kcal/day)b | 1875.5±501.5 | 1977.1±591.0 | 2169.2±590.5 | 2307.6±1050.4 | 0.020* |
| Physical activity (MET-min./week) | |||||
| <952.5 | 35.0% | 23.8% | 27.5% | 20.0% | 0.479 |
| 952.5–2140.4 | 45.0% | 41.3% | 40.0% | 37.5% | |
| ≥2140.5 | 20.0% | 35.0% | 32.5% | 42.5% | |
| Alcohol drinking | 0.0% | 15.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% | 0.043* |
| Cigarette smoking | 2.5% | 2.5% | 5.0% | 10.0% | 0.266 |
| Type of SSB | 0.017* | ||||
| HFCS HSD (sweetened) | |||||
| Slightly | 15.0% | 20.0% | 12.5% | ||
| Half | 18.8% | 22.5% | 30.0% | ||
| Heavily | 16.3% | 30.0% | 37.5% | ||
| Mixed-sugar BSD | 50.0% | 27.5% | 20.0% | ||
Abbreviations: HFCS, high-fructose corn syrup; HSD, hand-shaken sugar-containing drink; BSD, bottled sugar-containing drink;
*
, P<0.05.
a
P for mean or proportion difference across the user groups of sugar-sweetened beverages.
b
Data are presented as mean±SD.