Table 2.
Prevalence of the consumption of sweets according to explanatory variables among 9th-grade adolescents in the 2015 PeNSE.
| Variable | % | Regular consumption of sweets | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (%) | PR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Municipality (n = 101890) | 0.002 | |||
| Not capital | 49.9 | 39.1 | 1 | |
| Capital | 50.1 | 40.3 | 1.03 (1.01–1.05) | |
| School (n = 101890) | <0.001 | |||
| Public | 79.5 | 39.3 | 1 | |
| Private | 20.5 | 41.3 | 1.05 (1.03–1.08) | |
| Sex (n = 101890) | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 48.3 | 33.5 | 1 | |
| Female | 51.7 | 45.5 | 1.36 (1.33–1.39) | |
| Age (n = 101890) | <0.001 | |||
| 11–13 years | 16.9 | 41.2 | 1 | |
| 14 years | 50.6 | 40.6 | 0.99 (0.96–1.01) | |
| 15 years | 20.4 | 38.6 | 0.94 (0.91–0.97) | |
| 16–19 years | 12.1 | 35.5 | 0.86 (0.83–0.89) | |
| Availability of food at school | ||||
| PNAE (n = 101715) | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 82.3 | 39.3 | 1 | |
| No | 17.7 | 41.5 | 1.06 (1.03–1.08) | |
| School cafeteria (n = 101750) | <0.001 | |||
| No | 54.8 | 38.1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 45.2 | 41.6 | 1.09 (1.07–1.11) | |
PeNSE: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (National School Health Survey); PNAE: Brazilian School Food Program; PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval.