Table 5.

Changes in consumption of drinks over 12 months in control clusters (n=14) and intervention clusters (n=15)^*. Values are means (SDs) unless stated otherwise

Type of drink	Baseline	12 months	Mean change (95% CI)	Difference in consumption (95% CI)†	P value‡
Total carbonated drinks:
Control clusters	1.6 (0.6)	1.8 (0.6)	0.2 (−0.2 to 0.5)	0.7 (0.1 to 1.3)	0.4
Intervention clusters	1.9 (0.5)	1.3 (0.6)	−0.6 (−1.0 to −0.1)		0.02
Carbonated drinks with sugar:
Control clusters	1.1 (0.6)	1.2 (0.5)	0.0 (−0.3 to 0.4)	0.1 (−0.4 to 0.5)	0.9
Intervention clusters	1.2 (0.3)	0.9 (0.6)	−0.3 (−0.6 to 0.1)		0.2
Diet carbonated drinks:
Control clusters	0.4 (0.3)	0.6 (0.3)	0.1 (−0.1,0.4)	0.6 (0.2 to 1.1)	0.3
Intervention clusters	0.7 (0.3)	0.4 (0.2)	−0.3 (−0.6 to −0.1)		0.7
Carbonated drinks with caffeine:
Control clusters	0.7 (0.4)	0.6 (0.5)	−0.1 (−0.3 to 0.1)	−0.0 (−0.4 to 0.3)	0.4
Intervention clusters	0.8 (0.3)	0.6 (0.3)	−0.2 (−0.4 to 0.1)		0.2
Water:
Control clusters	2.9 (0.3)	5.1 (2.0)	2.2 (0.9 to 3.5)	0.3 (−1.3 to 1.9)	0.003
Intervention clusters	3.1 (1.1)	4.3 (2.0)	1.1 (0.2 to 2)		0.02

Cluster sizes are based on maximum number of children within each cluster.

^*Units are number of glasses over three days (cluster is unit of analysis). All available data have been used in analysis.

^†Based on children with data at baseline and 12 months.

^‡Two tailed test.