Table 5.
Differences in sugar consumption level between different kinds of students (n, %).
| Categories | Low- Consumption Group |
Middle- Consumption Group |
High- Consumption Group |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3325 (85.1) | 352 (9.0) | 231 (5.9) | ||
| Gender | Boys | 1648 (83.6) | 199 (10.1) | 124 (6.3) | 0.027 |
| Girls | 1677 (86.6) | 153 (7.9) | 107 (5.5) | ||
| Age | 6–8 | 984 (97.4) | 18 (1.8) | 8 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| 8–10 | 819 (84.1) | 88 (9.0) | 67 (6.9) | ||
| 10–12 | 753 (80.4) | 114 (12.2) | 70 (7.5) | ||
| 12–14 | 767 (77.9) | 132 (13.4) | 86 (8.7) | ||
| Residence | Urban | 1469 (90.3) | 95 (5.8) | 63 (3.9) | <0.001 |
| Rural | 1856 (81.4) | 257 (11.2) | 168 (7.4) | ||