Table 3.
The consumption of water from water and beverages and from food moisture by children in the NDNS sample (n = 845) by age group, gender, and socio-demographic group. The data are means and standard deviations (Std)
| Water Total | Water + Beverage | Food moisture | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | Mean | Std1 | |
| All | 845 | 1338.2 | 400.6 | 901.2 | 355.8 | 437.0 | 133.0 |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 4-8 | 436 | 1278.5 | 350.8 | 845.9 | 304.2 | 432.6 | 126.5 |
| 9-13 | 409 | 1396.3 | 439.7 | 955.0 | 396.1 | 441.3 | 139.5 |
| <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.4122 | |||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Boys | 430 | 1359.4 | 390.2 | 913.6 | 347.4 | 445.7 | 135.2 |
| Girls | 415 | 1316.0 | 410.3 | 888.1 | 364.3 | 427.9 | 130.1 |
| 0.1548 | 0.3352 | 0.0618 | |||||
| Quartiles of IUC | |||||||
| Q1 (poorer) | 148 | 1216.0 | 366.0 | 812.0 | 321.0 | 404.0 | 137.5 |
| Q2 | 186 | 1372.5 | 431.3 | 940.7 | 390.5 | 431.7 | 133.4 |
| Q3 | 215 | 1358.5 | 380.6 | 913.5 | 327.8 | 445.0 | 133.5 |
| Q4 (richer) | 197 | 1431.7 | 417.4 | 966.5 | 382.3 | 465.2 | 122.9 |
| <0.0001 abc | 0.0002 ac | 0.0015 c | |||||
| Season | |||||||
| Winter | 230 | 1305.8 | 359.8 | 868.8 | 303.2 | 436.9 | 122.7 |
| Spring | 233 | 1376.8 | 409.9 | 944.2 | 371.7 | 432.5 | 131.3 |
| Summer | 207 | 1368.0 | 407.6 | 926.3 | 364.7 | 441.6 | 138.5 |
| Fall | 175 | 1289.7 | 424.5 | 851.8 | 379.5 | 438.0 | 142.2 |
| 0.0836 | 0.0337 | 0.9305 | |||||
| BMI | |||||||
| Under/normal | 607 | 1330.6 | 409.5 | 891.3 | 359.5 | 439.3 | 135.1 |
| Over/obese | 204 | 1356.7 | 368.9 | 929.4 | 343.8 | 427.3 | 127.8 |
| 0.4514 | 0.2110 | 0.2944 | |||||
| Ethnic group | |||||||
| White | 723 | 1358.1 | 391.5 | 918.6 | 347.8 | 439.4 | 132.9 |
| Non white | 122 | 1237.2 | 436.4 | 812.6 | 387.7 | 424.6 | 133.2 |
| 0.0063 | 0.0088 | 0.2559 | |||||
| Region | |||||||
| England: North | 201 | 1313.2 | 365.2 | 880.4 | 316.2 | 432.9 | 129.3 |
| England: Central/Midlands | 142 | 1360.4 | 418.6 | 915.8 | 365.0 | 444.7 | 122.7 |
| England: South (incl. London) | 355 | 1323.0 | 411.0 | 889.6 | 370.7 | 433.3 | 132.2 |
| Scotland,Wales, Northern Ireland | 147 | 1395.8 | 401.2 | 949.8 | 360.2 | 446.0 | 149.0 |
| 0.2906 | 0.3254 | 0.7449 | |||||
aSignificant two by two differences: Q2 vs Q1
bSignificant two by two differences: Q3 vs Q1
cSignificant two by two differences: Q4 vs Q1
1Std: Standard Deviation
Comparisons between two means were either significant (bold) or not