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. 2018 Feb 7;52:21. doi: 10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000082

Table 4. Averages and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of the beverage portion size consumed (in mL), according to sex and nutritional status. Brazil, 2008/2009.

Group of beverages Man Woman


Eutrophic Overweight Obese p* Eutrophic Overweight Obese p*






Average (95%CI) Average (95%CI) Average (95%CI) Average (95%CI) Average (95%CI) Average (95%CI)
Soft drink 318.6 (308.1–329.0) 346.4 (328.4–364.4) 353.8 (334.0–377.7) < 0.0001 281.8 (273.4–290.1) 277.0 (267.2–286.8) 279.6 (266,8–292.4) 0.343
100% fruit juice 281.8 (275.4–288.2) 281.2 (271.5–290.9) 278.8 (269.0–288.6) 0.617 247.8 (243.5–252.0) 249.3 (244.7–253.9) 254.0 (245.5–262.4) 0.040
Fruit drink 279.5 (261.7–297.3) 265.8 (251.9–279.7) 295.7 (271.0–320.5) 0.675 237.3 (227.2–247.5) 250.0 (233.7–266.3) 253.1 (233.5–272.8) 0.030
Alcoholic beverage 711.9 (632.5–791.4) 765.7 (666.6–864.9) 973.5 (781.4–1165.7) 0.002 555.2 (430.2–680.2) 501.3 (424.1–578.5) 471.1 (363.0–579.1) 0.541
Milk 255.8 (247.6–264.0) 251.7 (242.3–261.0) 251.4 (236.7–266.1) 0.752 228.9 (224.2–233.6) 223.1 (216.8–229.4) 222.1 (212.8–231.4) 0.312
Coffee or tea 180.0 (174.3–185.7) 184.4 (178.1–190.7) 195.3 (178.9–211.6) 0.050 166.8 (162.0–171.6) 174.0 (168.2–179.8) 179.3 (171.0–187.7) 0.001

* p-value of the trend adjusted for continuous age.