TABLE 1—
Study Sample Characteristics: Preintervention and Postintervention by Type of Caloric Information: Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption by Providing Caloric Information; Baltimore, MD; 2012–2013
| Baseline |
Intervention |
Postintervention |
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| Variable | Stores With No Information Posted (n = 816) | Stores With Absolute Calories Posted (n = 845) | Stores With Teaspoons of Sugar Posted (n = 850) | Stores With Minutes of Running Posted (n = 861) | Stores With Miles of Walking Posted (n = 877) | Stores With No Information Posted (n = 267) |
| Any beverage, no. (%) | 601 (73.4) | 547** (64.7) | 595* (70.0) | 589* (68.4) | 580** (66.1) | 186** (69.7) |
| Any SSB purchase, no. (%)a | 584 (97.2) | 483** (88.3) | 525** (88.7) | 518** (88.0) | 518** (89.3) | 166** (89.3) |
| Any SSB > 16oz, no. (%)a | 321 (53.4) | 210** (38.3) | 254** (42.7) | 265* (45.0) | 263* (45.3) | 54** (29.0) |
| Calories, mean (SD), kcala | 207 (105) | 185** (84) | 188** (77) | 193** (94) | 187** (81) | 175** (79) |
| Gender, no (%)a | ||||||
| Male | 433 (53.1) | 406 (48.1) | 419 (49.3) | 402 (46.7) | 420* (47.9) | 138 (51.7) |
| Female | 383 (46.9) | 439 (51.9) | 431 (50.7) | 459 (53.3) | 457 (52.1) | 129 (48.3) |
| Time, no. (%)a | ||||||
| Before 4 pm | 239 (29.3) | 455** (54.9) | 520** (61.2) | 451** (52.4) | 655** (74.7) | 200** (74.9) |
| 4 pm or after | 577 (70.7) | 390 (46.2) | 330 (38.8) | 410 (47.6) | 222 (25.3) | 67 (25.1) |
| Average monthly temperature, F, mean (SD) | 78 (5.2) | 59 (10.6) | 65 (10.4) | 59 (10.7) | 60 (10.4) | 76 (1.0) |
Note. SSB = sugar-sweetened beverage. Numbers may not sum to 100% because of rounding. The P values were obtained from the χ2 test that compared the percentage of purchases at baseline and each type of caloric information.
a
These are the summary statistics for the subsample of all beverage purchases.
*P < .05; **P < .01; significantly different from baseline.