. 2020 Oct 1;8:e9413. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9413

Table 1. Per capita sugar consumption, exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, overweight and ECC in LICs, MICs and HICs.

Variables	LICs	MICs	HICs	P value
Per capita sugar consumption in kilograms: Median (IQR)	9.24 (8.22)^a	31.94 (21.13)^b	30.48 (17.80)^b	0.007*
Percentage of infants with exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months: Mean (SD)	53.37 (11.72)^a	40.01 (16.75)^a	15.41 (10.83)^b	<0.001*
Percentage of 0–5 year old overweight children: Median (IQR)	3.25 (3.40)^a	7.05 (7.37)^b	7.70 (1.4)^b	0.03*^,^¶
Percentage of 3- to 5-year-old children with ECC: Mean (SD)	63.12 (20.33)^a,b	65.65 (17.85)^a	46.01 (23.33)*	<0.001*

Notes:

Statistically significant at P < 0.05.

Letter denote statistically significant differences.

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The Kruskal–Wallis test was used followed by the Dunn–Bonferroni test to adjust for multiple pairwise comparisons. For the other variables, ANOVA was used followed by Scheffé’s test to adjust for multiple pairwise comparisons.

LICs, low-income countries; MICs, middle-income countries; HICs, high-income countries; IQR, inter quartile range.