Table 2.

Adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRR) and 95% CI^a,b of mean consumption (frequency per day) of food and beverage items among age ineligible 5–18-year-olds in WIC vs. Non-WIC households and by age, sex, and race

	Fruit	Vegetables	100% Juice	SSBsc	Snacksd
ALL CHILDREN	1.01 (0.86, 1.19)	1.06 (0.93, 1.20)	1.10 (0.92, 1.31)	0.87 (0.70, 1.09)	0.99 (0.82, 1.21)
BY SEXe
Males	1.18 (0.95, 1.47)	1.13 (0.96, 1.34)	0.97 (0.76, 1.23)	0.83 (0.60, 1.15)	0.88 (0.66, 1.18)
Females	0.89 (0.70, 1.12)	1.00 (0.83, 1.19)	1.27^ (1.00, 1.62)	0.90 (0.68, 1.21)	1.12 (0.88, 1.44)
BY AGEe
5–11	1.00 (0.83, 1.21)	0.97 (0.83, 1.13)	1.08 (0.88, 1.33)	0.89 (0.65, 1.20)	1.11 (0.88, 1.40)
12–18	1.08 (0.79, 1.47)	1.29* (1.05, 1.58)	1.10 (0.79, 1.53)	0.83 (0.61, 1.14)	0.80 (0.58, 1.12)
BY RACEe
African Americans	1.03 (0.82, 1.29)	1.13 (0.94, 1.35)	1.09 (0.86, 1.38)	1.11 (0.84, 1.46)	0.96 (0.75, 1.23)
Hispanics	1.03 (0.80, 1.33)	1.03 (0.85, 1.24)	1.01 (0.77, 1.32)	0.61** (0.43, 0.86)	1.09 (0.78, 1.51)
N	602	616	592	590	599

^aIRR incidence rate ratios for negative binomial regression

^bAdjusted for city of residence, panel, sex, age, mother’s education, race, household family size

^cSugar Sweetened Beverages

^dSugary and Salty Snacks

^eEstimates from models with interaction terms between WIC participation and sex, age, and race, respectively.

^{^}p<0.10;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01