Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and results of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) of physical activity, dietary intake and beverage consumption for sport and non-sport children
From: Sports drink consumption and diet of children involved in organized sport
Non-sport group (295 girls, 240 boys) | Sport group (441 girls, 445 boys) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | Significance |
Descriptive characteristics | |||||
Age (years) | 528 | 9.90 (0.60) | 881 | 9.93 (.57) | p = 0.42 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 532 | 19.96 (3.97) | 882 | 18.31 (3.29) | p < 0.01 |
% overweight/obese a | 532 | 33.3% | 882 | 27.8% | p < 0.01 |
Physical activity | |||||
PAscore | 491 | 2.9 (0.7) | 807 | 3.3 (0.6) | p < 0.01 |
Dietary intake | |||||
24 hour recall | |||||
Calories (Kcal/d) | 527 | 1837.3 (707.6) | 870 | 1966.8 (755.0) | p < 0.01 |
Protein (g/d) | 527 | 69.0 (30.9) | 870 | 74.7 (33.0) | P = 0.23 |
Fat (g/d) | 527 | 62.2 (37.2) | 870 | 65.8 (38.0) | p < 0.05 |
Carbohydrate (g/d) | 527 | 256.1 (101.1) | 870 | 275.2 (105.8) | p = 0.16 |
Sugar (g/d) | 527 | 110.8 (58.6) | 870 | 122.0 (64.2) | p = 0.11 |
Fibre (g/d) | 527 | 14.8 (7.6) | 870 | 16.4 (8.8) | p < 0.05 |
Fruit servings/d | 527 | 2.4 (2.5) | 868 | 2.8 (2.8) | p < 0.05 |
Vegetable servings/d | 527 | 1.8 (1.9) | 868 | 2.1 (2.1) | p < 0.05 |
FV servings/d | 527 | 4.2 (3.4) | 868 | 4.9 (3.8) | p < 0.01 |
FFQ | |||||
Fruit (times/d) | 533 | 1.1 (0.7) | 878 | 1.3 (0.7) | p < 0.01 |
Vegetable (times/d) | 532 | 1.0 (0.6) | 876 | 1.2 (0.7) | p < 0.01 |
Beverages | |||||
24 hour recall | |||||
Non-flavoured milk (mls/d) | 527 | 296.2 (298.7) | 868 | 350.8 (332.8) | p < 0.05 |
100% juice (mls/d) | 527 | 170.1 (249.5) | 868 | 201.0 (269.6) | p = 0.11 |
100% juice servings/d | 527 | 1.4 (2.0) | 868 | 1.6 (2.2) | p = 0.11 |
Sports drinks (mls/d) | 5 | 412.0 (236.9) | 15 | 338.3 (230.8) | p = 0.92 |
SSB - no 100% juice (mls/d) | 527 | 216.9 (285.1) | 868 | 206.9 (306.3) | p = 0.11 |
SSB - with 100% juice (mls/d) | 527 | 387.0 (357.4) | 868 | 407.9 (385.4) | p = 0.88 |
FFQ | |||||
Milk (times/d) | 535 | 1.3 (1.2) | 885 | 1.5 (1.5) | p < 0.05 |
100% Juice (times/d) | 535 | 0.8 (1.0) | 882 | 0.9 (1.1) | p < 0.05 |