Table 2.

Daily food and beverage consumption across categories of weekly alcohol consumption^*. Men and women participating in StudentKost

	Men (n 178)						Women (n 444)
	Abstaining n 28		≤ 14 units/week n 92		> 14 units/week n 58		Abstaining n 76		≤ 14 units/week n 311		> 14 units/week n 57
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Alcoholic beverages (ml/d)
Beer	0	0, 0	71	36, 250	429	393, 607	0	0, 0	36	0, 71	286	107, 429
Wine	0	0, 0	0	0, 7	0	14, 29	0	0, 0	7	7, 21	29	11, 50
Cider	0	0, 0	0	0, 3	0	0, 62	0	0, 0	36	0, 59	279	107, 433
Spirits	0	0, 0	0	0, 3	9	3, 20	0	0, 0	3	0, 6	11	3, 31
Food and drinks
Fruit total	44	30, 115	58	23, 109	51	29, 157	107	49, 196	93	46, 162	84	43, 153
Vegetables total	56	23, 108	77	37, 106	83	46, 152	103	60, 152	108	64, 162	83	41, 170
F&V total	124	56, 216	143	84, 230	175	96, 262	230	140, 341	210	139, 333	200	115, 317
Potatoes, rice and pasta	114	79, 160	125	79, 173	143	77, 203	129	85, 160	117	72, 165	121	88, 165
Fish total	25	5, 43	32	11, 47	29	11, 50	26	11,50	32	14, 52	30	13, 59
Meat total	139	95, 222	110	82, 145	144	89, 201	91	43, 140	89	82, 120	91	64, 143
Whole grain bread and cereal	101	18, 140	75	25, 140	100	34, 149	100	30, 142	66	32, 140	66	32, 118
Cheese	26	8, 51	14	5, 30	15	3, 28	9	3, 22	11	5, 20	14	8, 31
Eggs	27	8, 78	35	16, 71	54	9, 89	20	0, 35	25	9, 71	25	9, 25
Sweet spreads	4	0, 16	3	0, 9	3	0, 7	3	0, 10	3	0, 7	3	0, 7
Milk unsweetened	86	4, 446	57	14, 200	57	14, 200	50	4, 143	57	14, 157	57	14, 200
Milk total	140	46, 500	124	55, 250	135	55, 292	106	40, 196	98	41, 229	145	51, 261
Fruit juice	0	0, 29	14	0, 29	29	0, 57	14	0, 57	14	0, 29	29	14, 93
Sweetened beverages†	371	127, 605	207	87, 387	389	141, 689	246	64, 511	200	86, 450	250	93, 793
Sugar-sweetened beverages‡	150	14, 354	86	36, 179	154	64, 361	50	0, 143	64	36, 143	86	36, 286
Cakes and desserts†	40	22, 68	22	11, 39	21	12, 43	22	12, 39	26	15, 39	31	16, 41
Sweets and snacks†	19	8, 32	16	11, 21	21	15,30	17	12, 29	20	13, 27	25	15, 32

^*1 unit of alcohol equivalent to 8 g of alcohol by weight and 14 units of alcohol per week represents the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines 2016 cut-off for low-risk alcohol consumption⁽¹⁸⁾.

^†P < 0·05 for men only (Kruskal–Wallis).

^‡P < 0·05 for both men and women (Kruskal–Wallis).