Table 3 Odds ratios for school characteristics associated with availability vs. non-availability of several beverage categories in school vending machines in secondary schools (n = 78) representing three policy groups in Alberta and Ontario that participated in Waves 1–3 (2013/14–2015/16) of the COMPASS study
Characteristic | Beverage categories Adjusted odds ratioa (95% CI) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sugar-containing carbonated soft drinks | Sugar-containing non-carbonated soft drinks | Sugar-containing sports drinks | Flavoured milk | Diet carbonated soft drinks | Diet non-carbonated soft drinks | Diet sports drinks | Plain white milk | 100% fruit juice | Water | |
Policy group | ||||||||||
 Ontario – Public | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
 Ontario –Private | 28.03 (5.44–144.39)*** | 26.00 (2.82–239.77)** | 111.14 (10.69–1155.51)*** | 0.50 (0.08–3.34) | 0.45 (0.10–2.07) | 0.61 (0.07–5.35) | 13.75 (1.97–96.20)** | 0.81 (0.09–7.03) | 0.19 (0.01–2.51) | 1.00 (0.11–8.85) |
 Alberta | 16.81 (2.54–111.11)** | 6.25 (1.12–34.90)* | 10.18 (2.39–43.38)** | 0.43 (0.11–1.67) | 1.02 (0.27–3.81) | 1.10 (0.32–3.74) | 0.98 (0.16–5.89) | 0.20 (0.02–2.08) | 2.09 (0.48–9.05) | 2.90 (0.48–17.34) |
 Waveb | 0.86 (0.54–1.36) | 0.77 (0.64–0.92)** | 1.37 (0.82–2.29) | 1.17 (0.96–1.42) | 0.88 (0.71–1.11) | 1.14 (0.91–1.43) | 0.95 (0.77–1.18) | 0.98 (0.73–1.31) | 0.92 (0.62–1.35) | 0.81 (0.69–0.95) |