Gender differences and access to a sports dietitian influence dietary habits of collegiate athletes

Hull, Michael V.; Jagim, Andrew R.; Oliver, Jonathan M.; Greenwood, Mike; Busteed, Deanna R.; Jones, Margaret T.

doi:10.1186/s12970-016-0149-4

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Table 6 Hydration

From: Gender differences and access to a sports dietitian influence dietary habits of collegiate athletes

Question	Response	AthSD		AthNoSD		Unanswered		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of energy drinks	Never	178	86.41	123	90.44	0	0.00	301	87.76	175.122 0.001
	1–2	21	10.19	9	6.62	0	0.00	30	8.75
	3–4	4	1.94	3	2.21	0	0.00	7	2.04
	5–6	0	0.00	1	0.74	1	100.00	2	0.58
	7–8	2	0.97	0	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.58
	>10	1	0.49	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.29
	Total	206	100.00	136	100.00	1	100.00	343	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of juice (8 oz.)	Never	67	32.21	37	27.01	0	0.00	104	30.06	24.561 0.017
	1–2	79	37.98	62	45.26	0	0.00	141	40.75
	3–4	44	21.15	23	16.79	0	0.00	67	19.36
	5–6	10	4.81	7	5.11	1	100.00	18	5.20
	7–8	6	2.88	3	2.19	0	0.00	9	2.60
	9–10	1	0.48	4	2.92	0	0.00	5	1.45
	>10	1	0.48	1	0.73	0	0.00	2	0.58
	Total	208	100.00	137	100.00	1	100.00	346	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of energy drinks	Never	181	87.44	124	91.18	0	0.00	305	88.66	174.541 0.001
	1–2	22	10.63	8	5.88	0	0.00	30	8.72
	3–4	4	1.93	3	2.21	0	0.00	7	2.03
	5–6	0	0.00	1	0.74	1	100.00	2	0.58
	Total	207	100.00	136	100.00	1	100.00	344	100.00
Question	Response	Men		Women		Total
Question		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of juice (8 oz.)	Never	13	9.22	89	37.55	102	26.98			38.353 0.001
	1–2	57	40.43	77	32.49	134	35.45
	3–4	31	21.99	34	14.35	65	17.20
	5–6	21	14.89	22	9.28	43	11.38
	7–8	11	7.80	9	3.80	20	5.29
	9–10	4	2.84	3	1.27	7	1.85
	>10	4	2.84	3	1.27	7	1.85
	Total	141	100.00	237	100.00	378	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of juice (8 oz.)	Never	20	14.29	94	39.17	114	30.00			31.542 0.001
	1–2	65	46.43	88	36.67	153	40.26
	3–4	34	24.29	41	17.08	75	19.74
	5–6	13	9.29	9	3.75	22	5.79
	7–8	6	4.29	3	1.25	9	2.37
	9–10	1	0.71	4	1.67	5	1.32
	>10	1	0.71	1	0.42	2	0.53
	Total	140	100.00	240	100.00	380	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of a sport drink (8 oz.)	Never	4	2.86	42	17.57	46	12.14			36.537 0.001
	1–2	40	28.57	78	32.64	118	31.13
	3–4	26	18.57	52	21.76	78	20.58
	5–6	30	21.43	28	11.72	58	15.30
	7–8	10	7.14	20	8.37	30	7.92
	9–10	13	9.29	12	5.02	25	6.60
	>10	17	12.14	7	2.93	24	6.33
	Total	140	100.00	239	100.00	379	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of a sports drink (8 oz.)	Never	16	11.43	95	39.58	111	29.21			38.522 0.001
	1–2	56	40.00	78	32.50	134	35.26
	3–4	34	24.29	38	15.83	72	18.95
	5–6	20	14.29	15	6.25	35	9.21
	7–8	7	5.00	10	4.17	17	4.47
	9–10	3	2.14	2	0.83	5	1.32
	>10	4	2.86	2	0.83	6	1.58
	Total	140	100.00	240	100.00	380	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of hot or iced coffee (8 oz.)	Never	87	63.50	114	47.70	201	53.46			16.970 0.009
	1–2	34	24.82	71	29.71	105	27.93
	3–4	8	5.84	25	10.46	33	8.78
	5–6	3	2.19	12	5.02	15	3.99
	7–8	3	2.19	11	4.60	14	3.72
	9–10	0	0.00	6	2.51	6	1.60
	>10	2	1.46	0	0.00	2	0.53
	Total	137	100.00	239	100.00	376	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of hot or iced coffee (8 oz.)	Never	98	70.50	140	58.33	238	62.80			13.883 0.031
	1–2	31	22.30	72	30.00	103	27.18
	3–4	4	2.88	22	9.17	26	6.86
	5–6	2	1.44	5	2.08	7	1.85
	7–8	2	1.44	1	0.42	3	0.79
	9–10	1	0.72	0	0.00	1	0.26
	>10	1	0.72	0	0.00	1	0.26
	Total	139	100.00	240	100.00	379	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of energy drinks	Never	107	77.54	225	94.14	332	88.06			26.017 0.001
	1–2	21	15.22	11	4.60	32	8.49
	3–4	4	2.90	3	1.26	7	1.86
	5–6	3	2.17	0	0.00	3	0.80
	7–8	2	1.45	0	0.00	2	0.53
	>10	1	0.72	0	0.00	1	0.27
	Total	138	100.00	239	100.00	377	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of an energy drink	Never	108	78.26	229	95.42	337	89.15			28.389 0.001
	1–2	23	16.67	8	3.33	31	8.20
	3–4	4	2.90	3	1.25	7	1.85
	5–6	3	2.17	0	0.00	3	0.79
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekend day (Saturday/Sunday), how many times do you drink a serving of soda	Never	64	45.39	144	60.00	208	54.59			8.423 0.038
	1–2	63	44.68	74	30.83	137	35.96
	3–4	11	7.80	16	6.67	27	7.09
	5–6	3	2.13	6	2.50	9	2.36
	Total	141	100.00	240	100.00	381	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
In one typical weekday (Monday-Friday), how many times do you drink a serving of hot or iced tea (8 oz.)	Never	98	71.53	140	58.33	238	63.13			17.056 0.009
	1–2	26	18.98	57	23.75	83	22.02
	3–4	7	5.11	23	9.58	30	7.96
	5–6	6	4.38	4	1.67	10	2.65
	7–8	0	0.00	11	4.58	11	2.92
	9–10	0	0.00	3	1.25	3	0.80
	>10	0	0.00	2	0.83	2	0.53
	Total	137	100.00	240	100.00	377	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
How many water servings do you normally drink an hour prior to practice/training/competition	0	4	2.80	11	4.58	15	3.92			33.022 0.001
	1–2	77	53.85	178	74.17	255	66.58
	3–4	41	28.67	41	17.08	82	21.41
	5–6	16	11.19	4	1.67	20	5.22
	7–8	3	2.10	3	1.25	6	1.57
	9–10	0	0.00	3	1.25	3	0.78
	>10	2	1.40	0	0.00	2	0.52
	Total	143	100.00	240	100.00	383	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
How many water servings do you normally drink within two hours after practice/training/competition	0	3	2.10	2	0.83	5	1.31			19.804 0.003
	1–2	37	25.87	113	47.08	150	39.16
	3–4	67	46.85	81	33.75	148	38.64
	5–6	19	13.29	30	12.50	49	12.79
	7–8	9	6.29	6	2.50	15	3.92
	9–10	5	3.50	5	2.08	10	2.61
	>10	3	2.10	3	1.25	6	1.57
	Total	143	100.00	240	100.00	383	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Throughout a 7-day week about how many days do you drink alcohol	0	75	52.45	174	72.50	249	65.01			24.725 0.001
	1–2	51	35.66	61	25.42	112	29.24
	3–4	14	9.79	3	1.25	17	4.44
	5–6	2	1.40	1	0.42	3	0.78
	7	1	0.70	1	0.42	2	0.52
	Total	143	100.00	240	100.00	383	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
How many alcoholic beverages do you usually consume in one sitting	0	65	45.77	154	64.17	219	57.33			28.560 0.001
	1–2	20	14.08	33	13.75	53	13.87
	3–4	23	16.20	29	12.08	52	13.61
	5–6	13	9.15	17	7.08	30	7.85
	7–8	10	7.04	5	2.08	15	3.93
	9–10	6	4.23	1	0.42	7	1.83
	11–12	2	1.41	0	0.00	2	0.52
	13–14	3	2.11	0	0.00	3	0.79
	15–16	0	0.00	1	0.42	1	0.26
	Total	142	100.00	240	100.00	382	100.00
		N	%	N	%	N	%			Pearson X² and p value
Do you drink alcohol during your competitive season	Yes	35	24.82	34	14.23	69	18.16			6.701 0.010
	No	106	75.18	205	85.77	311	81.84
	Total	141	100.00	239	100.00	380	100.00

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