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