Table 2.

Beverage consumption by sex (n = 2740).

Beverage Category	Per Capita Mean Intake ± SE (g/Day)			Per Consumer Mean Intake ± SE (g/Day)
	Boys	Girls	p-Value 1	Boys	Girls	p-Value 1
Milk	245 ± 13.2	249 ± 13.2	0.82	571 ± 18	541 ± 16	0.19
Milk, whole	188 ± 11.5	192 ± 11.3	0.83	572 ± 20	558 ± 17	0.57
Milk, reduced, low or non-fat	57 ± 6.7	58 ± 7.2	0.94	475 ± 37	405 ± 30	0.13
Flavoured milk	10 ± 4.1 †	10 ± 2.8	0.96	314 ± 88	383 ± 64	0.53
Dairy drinks & substitutes	11 ± 3.2 †	12 ± 3.8 †	0.72	392 ± 81	598 ± 98	0.13
100% fruit juice	91 ± 6.9	97 ± 7.7	0.57	236 ± 13	235 ± 13	0.95
Diet beverages	2 ± 0.7 †	4 ± 1.4 †	0.17	122 ± 29	216 ± 44	0.16
Sweetened beverages	55 ± 6.3	44 ± 4.4	0.15	302 ± 25	258 ± 24	0.23
Coffee & tea	9 ± 3.3 †	7 ± 1.7	0.66	219 ± 73	173 ± 24	0.56
Plain water	132 ± 8.2	136 ± 7.0	0.70	240 ± 11 †	240 ± 11	0.98
Flavoured or enhanced water	3 ± 2.0 †	1 ± 0.6 †	0.23	224 ± 58	194 ± 76 †	0.76
Infant formulas	335 ± 15.9	322 ± 14.8	0.51	800 ± 17	778 ± 17	0.36
Breast milk	102 ± 9.0	108 ± 8.1	0.69	526 ± 20	526 ± 17	0.99
Total beverage intake	996 ± 13.6	991 ± 14.1	0.79	n/a	n/a

¹ Independent T-test to assess difference in per capita or consumer mean intake (g/day) by sex; ^† Data are statistically unreliable, relative standard error ≥30% [24]; n/a represent not applicable as nonsensical to calculate total beverage intake as the number of consumers varies across each beverage category.