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Table 5 Final multivariate models describing correlates of weekday consumption of three varieties of SSBs among secondary school students (n = 7679) in Alberta and Ontario participating in Waves 1–3 (2013/14–2015/16) of the COMPASS study

From: Examining changes in school vending machine beverage availability and sugar-sweetened beverage intake among Canadian adolescents participating in the COMPASS study: a longitudinal assessment of provincial school nutrition policy compliance and effectiveness

Variable

Weekday SSB consumptiona

Rateb (95% CI)

Composite SSB scorec

Soft drink

Sweetened coffees/teas

Energy drinks

Policy group

 Ontario – Public

REF

REF

REF

REF

 Ontario – Private

0.96 (0.90–1.03)

0.92 (0.86–0.99)*

0.97 (0.88–1.06)

1.01 (0.63–1.61)

 Alberta

1.11 (1.00–1.24)*

1.09 (0.98–1.20)

1.06 (0.91–1.23)

1.40 (1.08–1.83)*

 Wave

0.96 (0.95–0.98)***

0.89 (0.88–0.91)***

1.06 (1.04–1.09)***

0.90 (0.84–0.97)**

SSBs

 Sugar-containing carbonated soft drinks (e.g., non-diet Coca-Cola, non-diet Sprite, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

–

–

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

–

–

–

–

 Sugar-containing non-carbonated soft drinks (e.g., non-diet lemonade, fruit drinks, iced tea, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

–

REF

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

–

0.97 (0.93–1.01)

–

–

 Sugar-containing sports drinks (e.g., Gatorade, PowerAde, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

REF

–

REF

–

  ≥1 drinks available

0.98 (0.92–1.04)

–

1.02 (0.94–1.12)

–

 Flavoured milk (e.g., strawberry, chocolate milk)

 

  0 drinks available

REF

REF

–

REF

  ≥1 drinks available

1.00 (0.96–1.04)

0.98 (0.94–1.03)

–

0.94 (0.78–1.14)

Non-SSBs

 Diet carbonated soft drinks (e.g., Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite Zero, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

–

–

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

–

–

–

–

 Diet non-carbonated soft drinks (e.g., diet lemonade, Vitaminwater Zero, diet iced tea, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

–

–

–

REF

  ≥1 drinks available

–

–

–

0.97 (0.84–1.12)

 Diet sports drinks (e.g., G2, Powerade Zero, etc.)

 

  0 drinks available

REF

–

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

0.98 (0.93–1.04)

–

–

–

 Plain white milk

 

  0 drinks available

REF

–

REF

REF

  ≥1 drinks available

0.99 (0.95–1.03)

–

1.00 (0.95–1.05)

1.01 (0.82–1.24)

 100% fruit juice

 

  0 drinks available

–

–

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

–

–

–

–

 Water

 

  0 drinks available

REF

REF

–

–

  ≥1 drinks available

1.07 (1.03–1.12)***

1.08 (1.03–1.13)**

–

–

  1. SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage
  2. aNumber of weekdays participants reported consuming SSBs in a typical school week (Mon.-Fri., 0–5 days)
  3. b Rates represents the exponentiated beta coefficients; rates adjusted for all other variables in the column, in addition to student- and school-level control variables
  4. cA composite score, ranging from 0 to 15, representing the sum of participants’ weekday rates of consuming the three distinct SSB categories
  5. --- excluded from model during univariate analyses screening
  6. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001