Table 4.
Partial correlations between water intake, energy intake and beverage consumption. (3 days mean data adjusted for age, gender, body weight and physical activity).
| Total Water (from Food & Beverages) (g/Day) | Total Water from Beverages (g/Day) | Total Water from Food (g/Day) | Total Food Weight (g/Day) | Total Beverages Weight (g/Day) | Total Energy (kcal) | Total Energy from Food (kcal) | Total Energy (kcal) from Beverages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Water (g/day) (from food and beverages) | 1 | 0.952 ** | 0.524 ** | 0.542 ** | 0.950 ** | 0.411 ** | 0.376 ** | 0.258 ** |
| Total Water (g/day) from beverages | 0.952 ** | 1 | 0.239 ** | 0.271 ** | 0.999 ** | 0.315 ** | 0.256 ** | 0.301 ** |
| Total Water (g/day) from food | 0.524 ** | 0.239 ** | 1 | 0.966 ** | 0.233 ** | 0.428 ** | 0.480 ** | −0.017 |
| Total Food weight (g/day) | 0.542 ** | 0.271 ** | 0.966 ** | 1 | 0.268 ** | 0.594 ** | 0.647 ** | 0.042 |
| Total Beverages weight (g/day) | 0.950 ** | 0.999 ** | 0.233 ** | 0.268 ** | 1 | 0.331 ** | 0.264 ** | 0.335 ** |
| Total energy (kcal) | 0.411 ** | 0.315 ** | 0.428 ** | 0.594 ** | 0.331 ** | 1 | 0.962 ** | 0.477 ** |
| Total Energy (kcal) from food | 0.376 ** | 0.256 ** | 0.480 ** | 0.647 ** | 0.264 ** | 0.962 ** | 1 | 0.219 ** |
| Total Energy (kcal) from beverages | 0.258 ** | 0.301 ** | −0.017 | 0.042 | 0.335 ** | 0.477 ** | 0.219 ** | 1 |
| (1) Hot beverages (g/day) | 0.241 ** | 0.220 ** | 0.153 ** | 0.145 ** | 0.214 ** | 0.001 | 0.008 | −0.022 |
| (2) Milk (g/day) | 0.160 ** | 0.170 ** | 0.036 | 0.069 ** | 0.189 ** | 0.199 ** | 0.111 ** | 0.356 ** |
| (3) Fruit & vegetable juice (g/day) | 0.086 ** | 0.093 ** | 0.015 | 0.028 | 0.113 ** | 0.154 ** | 0.074 ** | 0.315 ** |
| (4) Caloric soft drink (g/day) | −0.028 | 0.009 | −0.115 ** | −0.072 ** | 0.038 | 0.273 ** | 0.157 ** | 0.471 ** |
| (5) Diet soft drink (g/day) | 0.068 ** | 0.096 ** | −0.052* | −0.040 | 0.093 ** | 0.000 | 0.023 | −0.074 ** |
| (6) Alcohol (g/day) | 0.271 ** | 0.304 ** | 0.014 | 0.031 | 0.304 ** | 0.193 ** | 0.061 ** | 0.494 ** |
| (7) Water (g/day) | 0.830 ** | 0.857 ** | 0.249 ** | 0.256 ** | 0.843 ** | 0.127 ** | 0.171 ** | −0.097 ** |
| (8) Other non alcoholic beverages (g/day) | 0.064 ** | 0.056 * | 0.049 * | 0.048 * | 0.054 * | 0.015 | 0.021 | −0.015 |
| Variety of beverages consumed in day (out of 8) | 0.392 ** | 0.401 ** | 0.130 ** | 0.156 ** | 0.408 ** | 0.229 ** | 0.143 ** | 0.360 ** |
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (bilateral); * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (bilateral).