Table 2.
Mean daily consumption of sugar-containing beverages in children at 4–5 years in the INMA study according to their obesity status.
| Total n = 1823 |
Non-obesity 1 n = 1716 |
Obesity n = 107 |
p 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar-containing beverages 3 [mL/day]; mean (SD) | 79.1 (109) | 76.6 (103) | 118.4 (179) | 0.019 |
| <1 drink/week; % | 36.2 | 37.0 | 21.5 | 0.003 |
| 1–7 drinks/week; % | 53.7 | 53.2 | 59.8 | |
| >1 drink/day; % | 10.2 | 9.8 | 18.7 | |
| Packaged juices [mL/day]; mean (SD) | 64.0 (93) | 62.3 (89) | 91.9 (137) | 0.029 |
| Sugar-sweetened soft drinks [mL/day]; mean (SD) | 15.1 (43) | 14.3 (39) | 26.5 (82) | 0.131 |
1 Non-obesity children group includes children with normal weight and overweight. 2 p-values from t-Student or chi-squared test. 3 Sugar-containing beverages includes packaged juices and sugar-sweetened soft drinks. SD = standard deviation; One drink = 175 mL ≈ 6 fl. oz.