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. 2018 Jun 1;57(Suppl 3):53–63. doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1728-8

Table 2.

Daily total fluid intake (mL/day) for children (4–9 years) and adolescents (10–17 years), by country and sex

Percentiles
Country Sex N (%) Mean ± SEM 5 10 25 50 75 90 95
4–9 years Mexico M 140 (48) 1301 ± 59 506 581 809 1155a 1540 2178 2831
F 153 (52) 1169 ± 52 441 529 719 994 1452 2092 2493
Brazil M 68 (47) 1393 ± 88 495 622 860 1229 1633 2483 3124
F 78 (53) 1432 ± 72 615 766 1034 1314 1629 2359 2717
Argentina M 114 (66) 1843 ± 74 668 903 1203 1665 2414 3006 3401
F 59 (34) 1737 ± 108 492 875 1098 1594 2228 2872 3481
6–9 years Uruguay M 57 (47) 1804 ± 87 931 1106 1316 1686 2014 2885 3345
F 64 (53) 1594 ± 58 898 1011 1283 1519 1865 2191 2346
Mexico M 212 (56) 1687 ± 61 644 758 1052 1469 2121 2923 3521
F 164 (44) 1669 ± 75 628 737 934 1456 2166 3026 3376
Brazil M 62 (32) 1788 ± 142 494 659 1023 1407 2374 3757 4571
F 132 (68) 1678 ± 76 493 676 1027 1533 2223 2889 3346
Argentina M 130 (59) 1932 ± 66 797 966 1383 1876 2442 3020 3194
F 89 (41) 1845 ± 81 789 971 1335 1710 2291 2626 3323
Uruguay M 74 (51) 1745 ± 109 573 865 1170 1587 2176 2793 3668
F 70 (49) 1587 ± 80 637 770 984 1520 2043 2457 2819
4–9 years Mexico 293 1232 ± 39 488 562 751 1061 1490 2126 2622
Brazil 146 1414 ± 56 555 700 957 1297 1632 2359 2678
Argentina 173 1807 ± 61 632 886 1185 1633 2344 2930 3404
6–9 years Uruguay 121 1693 ± 52 905 1049 1311 1639 1904 2364 2978
10–17 years Mexico 376 1679 ± 47 641 747 1011 1462 2121 2988 3393
Brazil 194 1713 ± 69 497 673 1030 1491 2231 2971 3792
Argentina 219 1897 ± 51 864 967 1362 1780 2400 2850 3198
Uruguay 144 1668 ± 68 596 802 1088 1544 2115 2582 3114

SEM Standard error of the mean, M Males, F females

aWilcoxon test was used for sex comparisons P < 0.039