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Table 3
Total water intake and beverage consumption (g/d), by age group
		Male				Female
		age group				age group
		<35y	35 < 50y	50y+		<35y	35 < 50y	50y+
		A	B	C	Pairwise comparison	A	B	C	Pairwise comparison
	Count	243	300	223		316	366	276
Total Water intake from food and beverages	Mean	2443	2599	2543	ns	1895	2117	2170	C,B > A
Total Water intake from food and beverages	SE	58	49	54		38	36	44
Water from food	Mean	555	617	677	C > B > A	450	527	600	C > B > A
Water from food	SE	12	11	16		9	10	13
Water from beverages	Mean	1889	1982	1866	ns	1445	1590	1570	B > A
Water from beverages	SE	55	45	51		34	34	41
Total beverage consumption (g)	Mean	1991	2077	1948	B > C	1503	1648	1622	B > A
	SE	58	47	53		34	34	42
of which (g/d)
hot beverages	Mean	594	813	916	C > B > A	512	784	833	C,B > A
	SE	29	28	32		23	24	30
milk	Mean	217	237	240	ns	168	211	226	C,B > A
milk	SE	15	11	11		7	8	10
fruit juice	Mean	43	60	53	ns	46	48	46	ns
fruit juice	SE	5	6	6		4	5	5
caloric soft drink	Mean	216	106	65	A > B,C	140	79	65	A > B,C
caloric soft drink	SE	16	11	10		12	7	10
diet soft drink	Mean	107	87	48	A > C	149	77	52	A > B,C
diet soft drink	SE	16	12	9		15	9	8
alcohol	Mean	579	514	397	A > C	179	146	91	A,B > C
alcohol	SE	45	34	38		14	15	8
bottled water	Mean	58	70	33	B > C	74	66	46	ns
bottled water	SE	11	11	6		12	10	8
tap water	Mean	177	190	196	ns	234	236	263	ns
	SE	23	19	25		19	17	24

Results are based on two-sided tests assuming equal variances with significance level 0.05.

Tests are adjusted for all pairwise comparisons within a row using the Bonferroni correction.

Gibson and Shirreffs Nutrition Journal 2013 12:9 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-9

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