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Table 3 The consumption of water from water and beverages and from food moisture by children in the NDNS sample (n = 845) by age group, gender, and socio-demographic group. The data are means and standard deviations (Std)

From: Water and beverage consumption patterns among 4 to 13-year-old children in the United Kingdom

 

Water Total

Water + Beverage

Food moisture

N

Mean

Std1

Mean

Std1

Mean

Std1

All

845

1338.2

400.6

901.2

355.8

437.0

133.0

Age (years)

 4-8

436

1278.5

350.8

845.9

304.2

432.6

126.5

 9-13

409

1396.3

439.7

955.0

396.1

441.3

139.5

  

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.4122

Gender

 Boys

430

1359.4

390.2

913.6

347.4

445.7

135.2

 Girls

415

1316.0

410.3

888.1

364.3

427.9

130.1

  

0.1548

0.3352

0.0618

Quartiles of IUC

 Q1 (poorer)

148

1216.0

366.0

812.0

321.0

404.0

137.5

 Q2

186

1372.5

431.3

940.7

390.5

431.7

133.4

 Q3

215

1358.5

380.6

913.5

327.8

445.0

133.5

 Q4 (richer)

197

1431.7

417.4

966.5

382.3

465.2

122.9

  

<0.0001 abc

0.0002 ac

0.0015 c

Season

 Winter

230

1305.8

359.8

868.8

303.2

436.9

122.7

 Spring

233

1376.8

409.9

944.2

371.7

432.5

131.3

 Summer

207

1368.0

407.6

926.3

364.7

441.6

138.5

 Fall

175

1289.7

424.5

851.8

379.5

438.0

142.2

  

0.0836

0.0337

0.9305

BMI

 Under/normal

607

1330.6

409.5

891.3

359.5

439.3

135.1

 Over/obese

204

1356.7

368.9

929.4

343.8

427.3

127.8

  

0.4514

0.2110

0.2944

Ethnic group

 White

723

1358.1

391.5

918.6

347.8

439.4

132.9

 Non white

122

1237.2

436.4

812.6

387.7

424.6

133.2

  

0.0063

0.0088

0.2559

Region

 England: North

201

1313.2

365.2

880.4

316.2

432.9

129.3

 England: Central/Midlands

142

1360.4

418.6

915.8

365.0

444.7

122.7

 England: South (incl. London)

355

1323.0

411.0

889.6

370.7

433.3

132.2

 Scotland,Wales, Northern Ireland

147

1395.8

401.2

949.8

360.2

446.0

149.0

  

0.2906

0.3254

0.7449

  1. aSignificant two by two differences: Q2 vs Q1
  2. bSignificant two by two differences: Q3 vs Q1
  3. cSignificant two by two differences: Q4 vs Q1
  4. 1Std: Standard Deviation
  5. Comparisons between two means were either significant (bold) or not