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. 2021 May 17:1–12. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020005170

Table 4.

Patterns of beverage consumption among participating youths before and after lockdown

High school students (%) Undergraduate students (%) Graduate students (%) All (%)
Variables Male (n 678) Female (n 2146) Total (n 2824) Male (n 2106) Female (n 4918) Total (n 7024) Male (n 68) Female (n 166) Total (n 234) Grand total (n 10 082)
All types of drinks
 Frequency of consumption (days/week)
   Pre-lockdown
    None 60·3a,b 71·9a,b 69·1a 54·9a,b 63·9a,b 61·2a 63·2a 74·1a 70·9a 63·6
    1–3 34·2a,b 24·7a,b 27·0a 37·9a,b 31·7a,b 33·6a 26·5a 19·9a 21·8a 31·5
    4–6 2·4a,b 1·6a,b 1·8a 3·4a,b 2·0a,b 2·4a 4·4a 1·8a 2·6a 2·2
    7 3·1a,b 1·8a,b 2·1a 3·8a,b 2·4a,b 2·8a 5·9a 4·2a 4·7a 2·7
   Post-lockdown
    None 63·8b 76·8a,b,*** 73·7a,*** 62·6b,*** 70·7a,b,*** 68·3a,*** 66·2 75·9a 73·1a 69·9***
    1–3 30·7b 20·1a,b,*** 22·7a,*** 30·0b,*** 25·0a,b,*** 26·5a,*** 25·0 19·3a 20·9a 25·3***
    4–6 2·8b 1·7a,b,*** 1·9a,*** 3·6b,*** 2·2a,b,*** 2·6a,*** 5·9 1·2a 2·6a 2·4***
    7 2·7b 1·4a,b,*** 1·7a,*** 3·8b,*** 2·1a,b,*** 2·6a,*** 2·9 3·6a 3·4a 2·4***
 Averaged frequency of consumption (days/week)
   Pre-lockdown
     Mean 1·0 0·7 0·8 1·2 0·9 1·0 1·2 0·8 0·9 0·9
     sd 1·6a,b 1·3a,b 1·4a 1·7a,b 1·5a,b 1·5a 1·9a,b 1·6a,b 1·7a 1·5
   Post-lockdown
     Mean 0·9 0·6 0·7 1·0 0·8 0·8 1.0 0·7 0·8 0·9
     sd 1·5b 1·3a,b,*** 1·3a,*** 1·7b,*** 1·4a,b,*** 1·5a,*** 1.7b,* 1·5a,b 1·6a 1·6***
Type of drinks
  Sugar-sweetened beverages
    Pre-lockdown 67·7b 76·3a,b 73·6a 74·5b 83·4a,b 80·3a 76·0 79·1a 77·9a 78·7
    Post-lockdown 63·4a,b 73·2a,b 70·0a 72·9a,b 79·4a,b,** 77·1a,** 73·9a 78·0a 76·6a 75·3**
  Coffee and caffeinated drinks
    Pre-lockdown 6·3 3·8a 4·6a 10·2b 7·9a,b 8·7a 12·0 14·0a 13·2a 7·8
    Post-lockdown 10·6b 4·0a,b 6·1a 10·6 8·9a 9·5a 8·7 17·1a 14·1a 8·8
   Tea
    Pre-lockdown 20·1b 12·9b 15·1 20·4b 11·5b 14·6 28·0 9·3 16·2 14·8
    Post-lockdown 19·5 14·9 16·4 22·6b 13·2b 16·5 30·4b 9·8b 17·2 16·5
   Other beverages
    Pre-lockdown 18·2 22·7a 21·3a 18·8 16·4a 17·3a 16·0 9·3a 11·8a 18·1
    Post-lockdown 23·2 25·2a 24·6a 19·6 19·0a 19·3a 8·7 2·4a 4·7a 20·3*
Individual-level changes in drink consumption
  Sugar-sweetened beverages
    Never 66·1b 73·8a,b 71·9a 59·9b 63·5a,b 62·4a 66·2 70·5a 69·2a 65·2
    Constant 15·9b 12·3a,b 13·2a 20·8b 17·0a,b 18·2a 19·1 10·2a 12·8a 16·6
    Increased 7·1b 4·8a,b 5·4a 6·5b 6·4a,b 6·4a 5·9 9·1a 8·2a 6·2
    Decreased 10·9b 9·1a,b 9·5a 12·8b 13·1a,b 13·0a 8·8 10·2a 9·8a 12·0
  Coffee and caffeinated drink
    Never 94·5b 98·5a,b 97·6a 93·6b 95·9a,b 95·2a 95·6 95·2a 95·2a 95·8
    Constant 1·0b 0·6a,b 0·6a 2·2b 1·3a,b 1·6a 2·9 3·0a 3·0a 1·4
    Increased 2·9b 0·4a,b 1·0a 1·8b 1·3a,b 1·4a 0 1·2a 0·9a 1·3
    Decreased 1·6b 0·5a,b 0·8a 2·4b 1·5a,b 1·8a 1·5 0·6a 0·9a 1·5
   Tea
    Never 88·8b 94·8b 93·4 88·0b 93·8b 92·1 88·2b 95·8b 93·6 92·5
    Constant 3·8b 2·0b 2·4 5·7b 1·9b 3·0 8·8b 0·6b 3·0 2·9
    Increased 3·3b 1·5b 1·9 2·8b 2·0b 2·3 1·5b 1·8b 1·7 2·1
    Decreased 4·1b 1·7b 2·3 3·5b 2·3b 2·6 1·5b 1·8b 1·7 2·5
   Other beverages
    Never 89·2 90·8 90·4a 88·7b 91·2b 90·5a 94·1 97·0 96·1a 90·6
    Constant 4·9 3·1 3·5a 4·6b 2·7b 3·3a 3·0 0 0·9a 3·3
    Increased 3·5 2·8 3·0a 2·8b 2·9b 2·8a 0 0·6 0·4a 2·8
    Decreased 2·4 3·3 3·1a 3·9b 3·2b 3·4a 2·9 2·4 2·6a 3·3

Values under a given variable were marked with the superscript a, if the difference across educational levels (high school students, undergraduate students and graduate students) within the overall population (total) or within a given sex (male, female) was significant (P < 0·05); marked with the superscript b, if the difference between sex within a given educational level was significant (P < 0·05); and marked by asterisks, if the difference before and after lockdown within a given educational level and sex was significant (*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001).