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Table 2 Average number of beverages and volume consumed, according to the Beverage Frequency Questionnaire (BFQ) and 7-day food record (7dFR)

From: Evaluation of the online Beverage Frequency Questionnaire (BFQ)

Beverage category

Mean # of drinks (s. e.)

rp # of drinks

p-value

Mean total volume in ml (s. e.)

Mean volume difference between BFQ and Record (s. e.)

rp total volume

p-value

t-test for total volume

p-value

7dFR

BFQ

7dFR

BFQ

1. Regular soda or pop

0.78 (0.27)

0.86 (0.26)

0.58

< 0.001

277 (99)

388 (133)

+ 298 (112)

0.51

< 0.001

−0.93

0.36

2. Diet soda or pop

0.00

0.06 (0.0)

–

< 0.001

0 (0)

21 (21)

21 (21)

–

 

−1.00

0.32

3. 100% fruit/vegetable juice

2.00 (0.46)

1.88 (0.45)

0.56

< 0.001

506 (117)

494 (115)

387 (104)

0.48

< 0.001

0.10

0.92

4. Fruit drinks with added sugars

1.06 (0.34)

0.52 (0.18)

0.46

< 0.001

359 (94)

154 (57)

295 (72)

0.56

< 0.001

2.62

0.01

5. Flavoured water/vitamin water with calories

0.08 (0.48)

0.06 (0.04)

0.91

< 0.001

37 (23)

35 (26)

13 (8)

0.95

< 0.001

0.20

0.84

6. Sports drinks

0.12 (0.06)

0.22 (0.10)

0.60

< 0.001

82 (46)

124 (56)

63 (31)

0.82

< 0.001

−1.33

0.19

7. Energy drinks

0.12 (0.07)

0.12 (0.06)

0.91

< 0.001

51 (29)

57 (29)

23 (13)

0.89

 

−0.40

0.69

8. Calorie-free drinks

0.00

0.02 (0.02)

–

< 0.001

0 (0)

12 (12)

12 (12)

–

 

−1.00

0.32

9. Unsweetened milk or alternatives

1.60 (0.45)

2.08 (0.56)

0.47

< 0.001

478 (135)

640 (233)

469 (178)

0.59

< 0.001

−0.86

0.39

10. Chocolate or sweetened milk and alternatives

0.90 (0.27)

0.88 (0.37)

0.58

< 0.001

336 (109)

255 (112)

311 (103)

0.49

< 0.001

0.73

0.47

11. Coffee/tea with cream or sugar

2.32 (0.56)

2.06 (0.39)

0.20

0.1

833 (223)

517 (135)

747 (225)

0.13

0.37

1.29

0.20

12. Coffee/tea no cream or sugar

1.66 (0.48)

1.74 (0.61)

0.65

< 0.001

570 (197)

729 (282)

588 (165)

0.76

< 0.001

−0.87

0.39

13. Specialty coffee

0.54 (0.16)

0.36 (0.14)

0.23

0.11

211 (64)

116 (43)

208 (62)

0.26

0.07

1.41

0.16

14. Beer/cider/coolers

0.58 (0.21)

0.60 (0.20)

0.92

< 0.001

271 (106)

250 (78)

143 (50)

0.87

< 0.001

0.40

0.69

15. Wine

0.10 (0.06)

0.12 (0.07)

0.60

< 0.001

58 (42)

29 (18)

57 (36)

0.50

< 0.001

0.82

0.42

16. Hard alcohol with caloric mix

0.16 (0.09)

0.28 (0.13)

0.18

< 0.001

56 (33)

70 (31)

40 (21)

0.78

< 0.001

−0.64

0.53

17. Hard alcohol no mix or non-caloric mix

0.30 (0.19)

0.24 (0.14)

0.18

0.23

9 (11)

13 (8)

24 (12)

0.16

0.25

0.51

0.61

Sugar-sweetened beveragesa

2.70 (0.51)

2.14 (0.40)

0.53

< 0.001

1017 (183)

875 (173)

634 (147)

0.54

< 0.001

0.82

0.41

Sugary drinksb

8.08 (1.18)

7.24 (0.94)

0.63

< 0.001

2749 (392)

2211 (316)

1368 (291)

0.55

< 0.001

1.57

0.12

All alcoholic drinks

1.14 (0.31)

1.24 (0.34)

0.58

< 0.001

405 (120)

361 (96)

44 (76)

0.78

< 0.001

0.58

0.57

All drinks

12.32 (1.40)

12.10 (1.20)

0.62

< 0.001

4145 (484)

3904 (463)

241 (428)

0.59

< 0.001

0.56

0.57

  1. aIncludes: regular soda or pop; sweetened fruit drinks; flavoured waters or vitamin waters with calories; sports drinks; energy drinks; and specialty coffees
  2. bIncludes: regular soda or pop; sweetened fruit drinks; flavoured waters or vitamin waters with calories; sports drinks; energy drinks; specialty coffees; 100% fruit or vegetable juice; chocolate milk; regular coffee with cream or sugar; and hard alcohol with mix or cocktails that had calorie
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