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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Feb;46(2):143–149. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.10.002

Table 2.

Beverages purchases at baseline and follow-up by race/ethnicity and job category for the cohort of employees

Baseline (no
intervention)
(Dec 2009–Feb
2010)
12-month
follow-up
(Dec 2010–
Feb 2011)
24-month follow-up
(Dec 2011–Feb 2012)
Proportion of
beverage
purchases, %
Proportion of
beverage
purchases, %
Proportion
of beverage
purchases,
%
Relative
change
from
baseline,
%
p
value
RED BEVERAGES
Race/ethnicitya
 White 20 12 12 −42 <0.001
 Asian 27 13 16 −42 <0.001
 Latino 30 22 20 −31 <0.001
 Black 32 22 23 −29 <0.001
Job categoryb
Management/clinician 21 12 12 −44 <0.001
 Professionals 21 14 14 −35 <0.001
 Technicians 26 15 17 −34 <0.001
 Support staff 29 20 18 −38 <0.001
 Service workers 29 23 22 −23 <0.001
GREEN
BEVERAGES
Race/ethnicitya
 White 64 69 69 9 <0.001
 Asian 50 53 59 18 0.002
 Latino 48 50 57 17 0.001
 Black 48 48 54 13 0.005
Job categoryb
Management/clinician 57 62 62 9 <0.001
 Professionals 56 62 62 11 0.002
 Technicians 47 51 56 21 <0.001
 Support staff 48 51 57 17 <0.001
 Service workers 47 46 52 11 0.04

Proportions in table may not add to 100% due to rounding

a

All numbers adjusted for job type, age, gender, and full/part–time work status.

b

All numbers adjusted for race, age, gender, and full/part–time work status.