TABLE 1.
The prevalence of energy drink consumption and the distribution of consumption, by background factors, individual resources and family factors (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, Finland, 2014 and 2018).
| 2014 | 2018 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly energy drink consumption | Less than weekly energy drink consumption | No energy drink consumption | Total % (n) | 2014 p value | Weekly energy drink consumption | Less than weekly energy drink consumption | No energy drink consumption | Total % (n) | 2018 p value | 2014 vs. 2018 p value | |
| Gender | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Boys | 27.2 [24.8–29.7] | 32.3 [30.1–34.6] | 40.5 [37.9–43.2] | 100 (2460) | 32.1 [28.7–35.7] | 27.5 [24.8–30.5] | 40.4 [36.7–44.1] | 100 (1203) | 0.02 | ||
| Girls | 9.4 [8.1–10.9] | 21.8 [19.8–23.9] | 68.9 [66.4–71.2] | 100 (2496) | 16.8 [14.2–19.7] | 24.4 [21.2–27.9] | 58.9 [54.5–63.1] | 100 (1203) | <0.001 | ||
| All | 18.2 [16.7–19.8] | 27.0 [25.4–28.6] | 54.8 [52.8–56.8] | 100 (4956) | 24.4 [22.2–26.7] | 26.0 [23.8–28.2] | 49.6 [46.7–52.6] | 100 (2406) | <0.001 | ||
| Age | <0.01 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| 13-year-olds | 17.0 [14.9–19.4] | 24.7 [22.5–27.1] | 58.3 [55.4–61.1] | 100 (2487) | 20.6 [17.5–24.0] | 23.2 [20.6–26.1] | 56.2 [51.8–60.6] | 100 (1239) | 0.16 | ||
| 15-year-olds | 19.4 [17.3–21.6] | 29.2 [27.0–31.5] | 51.4 [48.6–51.2] | 100 (2469) | 28.2 [25.1–31.5] | 28.7 [26.0–31.6] | 43.1 [39.8–46.5] | 100 (1167) | <0.001 | ||
| Family affluence | 0.28 | 0.28 | |||||||||
| Low | 19.6 [16.5–23.2] | 28.9 [25.2–33.0] | 51.5 [47.0–55.9] | 100 (561) | 26.1 [21.3–31.7] | 26.6 [21.6–32.3] | 47.3 [41.2–53.4] | 100 (229) | 0.12 | ||
| Medium | 17.6 [15.9–19.4] | 27.5 [25.5–29.6] | 54.9 [52.6–57.2] | 100 (2701) | 25.0 [22.1–28.0] | 25.6 [22.7–28.8] | 49.4 [45.6–53.3] | 100 (1218) | <0.001 | ||
| High | 17.5 [15.2–20.1] | 25.5 [23.0–28.3] | 57.0 [53.5–60.3] | 100 (1515) | 21.1 [17.9–24.6] | 27.1 [23.9–30.5] | 51.9 [47.8–55.9] | 100 (842) | 0.10 | ||
| Parental monitoring | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Low | 29.4 [26.5–32.5] | 32.6 [29.8–35.5] | 38.0 [35.1–40.9] | 100 (1489) | 41.1 [36.2–46.3] | 28.8 [25.0–32.9] | 30.1 [25.8–34.8] | 100 (674) | <0.001 | ||
| Medium | 13.8 [12.2–15.6] | 27.9 [25.7–30.2] | 58.3 [55.8–60.7] | 100 (1939) | 18.6 [15.7–21.9] | 27.0 [23.4–30.9] | 54.4 [49.3–59.3] | 100 (838) | 0.04 | ||
| High | 11.0 [9.2–13.1] | 20.4 [18.0–22.9] | 68.6 [65.6–71.6] | 100 (1456) | 13.0 [10.7–15.7] | 23.2 [20.5–26.1] | 63.8 [60.2–67.3] | 100 (804) | 0.11 | ||
| Place of residence | 0.47 | 0.98 | |||||||||
| Urban | 17.8 [16.0–19.8] | 26.5 [24.6–28.6] | 55.7 [53.1–58.3] | 100 (2978) | 24.5 [21.8–27.5] | 25.7 [22.9–28.7] | 49.8 [46.2–53.3] | 100 (1254) | <0.001 | ||
| Rural | 18.7 [16.4–21.2] | 27.9 [25.4–30.6] | 53.4 [50.3–56.4] | 100 (1942) | 24.3 [21.7–27.9] | 26.2 [23.1–29.5] | 49.5 [45.0–54.0] | 100 (1145) | 0.03 | ||
| Geographical region | <0.01 | 0.03 | |||||||||
| Capital city area | 14.5 [10.1–20.4] | 20.5 [16.3–25.4] | 65.0 [58.0–71.5] | 100 (711) | 20.9 [15.3–27.9] | 19.8 [14.3–26.7] | 59.3 [51.0–67.1] | 100 (248) | 0.25 | ||
| Southern Finland | 18.5 [16.1–21.1] | 25.6 [23.3–28.1] | 55.9 [52.6–59.1] | 100 (1674) | 23.8 [21.1–26.6] | 26.6 [23.4–30.1] | 49.6 [45.0–54.3] | 100 (1077) | 0.02 | ||
| Central Finland | 20.0 [17.6–22.5] | 28.6 [25.9–31.4] | 51.5 [48.4–54.6] | 100 (1785) | 24.4 [19.8–29.8] | 26.8 [23.2–30.7] | 48.8 [44.0–53.6] | 100 (784) | 0.20 | ||
| Northern Finland | 16.9 [13.1–21.6] | 31.6 [27.5–36.0] | 51.5 [46.6–56.4] | 100 (703) | 31.0 [25.5–37.1] | 28.1 [23.0–33.7] | 40.9 [36.6–45.4] | 100 (276) | <0.001 | ||
| Educational aspiration (15-year-olds) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Academic | 11.1 [9.8–12.5] | 24.0 [22.1–26.0] | 64.9 [62.6–67.1] | 100 (2997) | 18.3 [15.5–21.4] | 30.3 [27.0–33.9] | 51.4 [47.3–55.4] | 100 (746) | <0.001 | ||
| Non-academic | 30.6 [27.6–33.8] | 34.0 [31.4–36.8] | 35.4 [32.5–38.4] | 100 (1501) | 46.0 [40.8–51.4] | 26.2 [21.9–30.9] | 27.8 [23.4–32.7] | 100 (389) | <0.001 | ||
| School achievement | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Low | 38.9 [34.8–43.2] | 31.9 [28.3–35.7] | 29.3 [25.7–33.2] | 100 (733) | 53.4 [48.4–58.4] | 24.3 [20.3–28.8] | 22.3 [18.3–26.8] | 100 (368) | <0.001 | ||
| Medium | 18.4 [16.6–20.3] | 29.0 [27.0–31.0] | 52.7 [50.4–54.9] | 100 (2963) | 23.1 [20.5–26.0] | 29.0 [26.5–31.6] | 47.9 [44.5–51.3] | 100 (1346) | <0.01 | ||
| High | 5.6 [4.3–7.3] | 19.2 [16.9–21.9] | 75.2 [72.2–78.0] | 100 (1225) | 11.0 [8.6–14.1] | 21.0 [17.2–25.5] | 67.9 [63.1–72.4] | 100 (628) | <0.01 | ||
| Health literacy | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Low | 32.4 [27.8–37.4] | 30.5 [26.1–35.3] | 37.1 [32.0–42.5] | 100 (431) | 42.9 [36.2–49.7] | 25.3 [19.0–32.8] | 31.9 [25.1–39.5] | 100 (208) | 0.07 | ||
| Medium | 17.6 [15.8–19.4] | 28.9 [26.9–31.0] | 53.5 [51.1–55.9] | 100 (2650) | 24.4 [21.2–27.8] | 26.2 [23.5–29.2] | 49.5 [45.4–53.3] | 100 (1239) | <0.001 | ||
| High | 12.8 [11.0–14.8] | 23.2 [21.0–25.8] | 64.0 [61.1–66.8] | 100 (1552) | 17.3 [14.9–20.1] | 26.7 [23.4–30.2] | 56.0 [52.2–59.7] | 100 (783) | <0.01 | ||