Table 3.
Prevalence of the consumption of soft drinks according to explanatory variables among 9th-grade adolescents in the 2015 PeNSE.
| Variable | % | Regular soft-drink consumption | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (%) | PR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Municipality (n = 101898) | <0.001 | |||
| Not capital | 49.8 | 24.1 | 1 | |
| Capital | 50.2 | 27.5 | 1.14 (1.12–1.16) | |
| School (n = 101898) | 0.983 | |||
| Public | 79.5 | 25.8 | 1 (0.97–1.03) | |
| Private | 20.5 | 25.8 | 1 | |
| Sex (n = 101898) | <0.001 | |||
| Female | 51.7 | 24.4 | 1 | |
| Male | 48.3 | 27.4 | 1.12 (1.10–1.15) | |
| Age (n = 101898) | <0.001 | |||
| 11–13 years | 16.9 | 23.3 | 1 | |
| 14 years | 50.6 | 24.9 | 1.07 (1.04–1.10) | |
| 15 years | 20.4 | 28.5 | 1.22 (1.18–1.27) | |
| 16–19 years | 12.1 | 28.7 | 1.23 (1.19–1.28) | |
| Availability of food at school | ||||
| PNAE (n = 101723) | 0.073 | |||
| Yes | 82.3 | 25.7 | 1 | |
| No | 17.7 | 26.4 | 1.03 (0.99–1.06) | |
| School cafeteria (n = 101758) | <0.001 | |||
| No | 54.8 | 24.9 | 1 | |
| Yes | 45.2 | 26.9 | 1.08 (1.05–1.11) | |
PeNSE: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (National School Health Survey); PNAE: Brazilian School Food Program; PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval.