Table 2 The frequency (percentage) of participants according to categories of beverage consumption and gender
Group | Gender | Never | Occasionally | Weekly | Daily | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milk beverage | male | 27 (49.1) | 27 (38.0) | 176 (52.7) | 70 (50.0) | 0.168 |
female | 28 (50.9) | 44 (62.0) | 158 (47.3) | 70 (50.0) | ||
Milk derivatives | male | 61 (56.5) | 50 (40.0) | 164 (51.7) | 25 (50.0) | 0.066 |
female | 47 (43.5) | 75 (60.0) | 153 (48.3) | 25 (50.0) | ||
Yogurt drinks | male | 50 (62.5) | 40 (39.2) | 169 (53.1) | 41 (41.0) | 0.003a |
female | 30 (37.5) | 62 (60.8) | 149 (46.9) | 59 (59.0) | ||
Tea beverages | male | 61 (55.5) | 11 (31.4) | 102 (50.2) | 126 (50.0) | 0.105 |
female | 49 (44.5) | 24 (68.6) | 101 (49.8) | 126 (50.0) | ||
Sweetened soft beverages | male | 8 (72.7) | 26 (40.6) | 195 (52.6) | 71 (46.1) | 0.092 |
female | 3 (27.3) | 38 (59.4) | 176 (47.4) | 83 (53.9) | ||
Natural fruit juice | male | 65 (60.7) | 51 (46.8) | 160 (48.5) | 24 (44.4) | 0.095 |
female | 42 (39.3) | 58 (53.2) | 170 (51.5) | 30 (55.6) | ||
Other hot beverages | male | 141 (54.0) | 53 (43.4) | 91 (53.5) | 15 (31.9) | 0.013a |
female | 120 (46.0) | 69 (56.6) | 79 (46.5) | 32 (68.1) |