Table 3.

Sex and regional variability of average direct water intake for both L/person/day and mL/person/UBW/day among the study population

Sex differentials of water intake
Sex	n	Water intake (L/person/day)				Water intake (mL/person/UBW/day)
		Min.	Max.	Mean	SD	Min.	Max.	Mean	SD
Male	219	0.83	7.93	3.42	1.31	35.84	918.52	80.79	23.64
Female	204	0.52	5.48	2.80	0.89	27.65	147.04	70.43	21.08
Both sex	423	0.52	7.93	3.12	1.17	27.65	168.89	78.07	47.08
t-statistic		−5.666				−4.745
d.f.		421				421
p-value		<0.0001				<0.0001
Regional variability of water intake
Village
Ambikanagar	122	0.83	7.01	3.37	1.15	33.59	164.05	79.94	22.64
Golabari Chandpur	148	0.53	7.93	3.44	1.33	39.06	918.52	90.73	71.68
Dangapara	153	0.52	5.18	2.61	0.77	27.65	147.04	64.33	20.71
All together	423	0.52	7.93	3.12	1.17	27.65	918.52	78.07	47.08
ANOVA Results
F-values	26.188					12.624
d.f.	2 and 420					2 and 420
p-values	<0.0001					<0.0001

UBW: Unit body weight (kg); SD: Standard deviation; d.f.: Degrees of freedom