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Table 2 Correlates of weekly sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption at age 11 years

From: Sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption and adiposity changes: National longitudinal study

  

% drinking SSB

AOR

95 % CI

% drinking ASB

AOR

95 % CI

Sex

Boys

62.3

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64.2

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Girls

59.1

0.86

0.79; 0.95

63.0

0.97

0.88; 1.07

Ethnic group

White

58.4

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66.3

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South Asian

78.8

2.10

1.73; 2.56

51.7

0.58

0.47; 0.71

Black

62.8

0.96

0.72; 1.28

44.0

0.42

0.29; 0.59

Income

Normal

57.4

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63.4

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< 60 % OECD median

73.8

1.32

1.15; 1.5

64.5

0.99

0.86; 1.15

Mothers' level of education

No formal education

73.9

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65.9

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GCSE

61.3

0.78

0.66; 0.93

70.3

1.06

0.89; 1.26

A-level or Diploma

56.5

0.71

0.59; 0.85

62.7

0.78

0.65; 0.93

University

52.5

0.64

0.52; 0.77

50.3

0.47

0.38; 0.57

Country

England

62.0

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60.5

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Wales

58.9

1.00

0.87; 1.15

72.2

1.32

1.15; 1.52

Scotland

57.5

0.98

0.85; 1.13

63.0

1.12

0.93; 1.34

Northern Ireland

59.2

1.07

0.91; 1.27

68.7

1.23

1.04; 1.45

Portions of fruit eaten per day

<3

63.8

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65.8

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≥ 3

56.5

0.83

0.75; 0.92

60.5

0.84

0.76; 0.93

Breakfast consumption

Eats breakfast < 7 days per week

71.2

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70.8

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Eats breakfast 7 days per week

59.1

0.58

0.51; 0.67

62.5

0.87

0.75; 1.01

Days per week active

Less than once per week

64.8

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63.8

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1-2 days per week

60.3

0.94

0.83; 1.06

64.8

1.00

0.88; 1.12

≥3 days per week

58.1

1.04

0.92; 1.17

61.9

0.93

0.8; 1.07

Hours per weekday spent watching TV

<2 h

58.1

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61.4

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≥2 h

64.9

1.25

1.14; 1.37

67.1

1.18

1.07; 1.31

Travel to school

By car

58.5

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62.2

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By active travel

62.3

1.11

1.01; 1.22

64.7

1.14

1.04; 1.25

  1. Weekly consumption = 1–6 days per week. SSB – Sugar-sweetened beverages, ASB – Artificially-sweetened beverages, AOR – Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI – Confidence intervals, OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development