Table 1.

Estimated Mean, 10% or More, and 25% or More of Calories Participants Consumed From Added Sugar^a

	NHANES 1988-1994^b				NHANES 1999-2004^b				NHANES 2005-2010^b
		Mean (95% CI)				Mean (95% CI)				Mean (95% CI)
Characteristic	No. of Participants	% of Calories	% Who Consumed ≥10% Calories	% Who Consumed ≥25% Calories	No. of Participants	% of Calories	% Who Consumed ≥10% Calories	% Who Consumed ≥25% Calories	No. of Participants	% of Calories	% Who Consumed ≥10% Calories	% Who Consumed ≥25% Calories
All participants	11 733	15.7 (15.0-16.4)^*	78.1 (73.8-82.4)^*	10.3 (6.9-13.8)^*	8786	16.8 (16.0-17.7)^†	77.0 (74.1-79.9)^*	16.6 (13.6-19.6)^†	10 628	14.9 (14.2-15.5)^‡	71.4 (68.6-74.1)^†	9.9 (7.6-12.3)^*
Age, y
<60	8835	16.3 (15.5-17.0)^*	80.5 (76.1-84.9)^*	11.6 (8.0-15.3)^*	6651	17.4 (16.5-18.2)^†	79.1 (76.1-82.2)^*	18.1 (14.9-21.3)^†	8264	15.1 (14.4-15.8)^‡	72.4 (69.5-75.3)^†	10.4 (7.9-12.8)^*
≥60	2898	13.3 (12.5-14.0)^*	66.7 (61.4-72.0)^*	4.6 (2.1-7.0)^*	2135	13.7 (13.0-14.5)^*	65.0 (61.0-68.9)^*	8.0 (5.8-10.3)^†	2364	13.6 (13.0-14.2)^*	65.4 (62.4-68.4)^*	7.0 (5.2-8.8)^*
Sex
Men	5639	15.7 (14.9-16.6)^*	78.1 (73.3-83.0)^*	10.4 (6.9-13.9)^*	4426	17.0 (16.2-17.9)^†	77.7 (74.6-80.8)^*	17.2 (14.1-20.2)^†	5283	15.0 (14.3-15.7)^‡	72.1 (68.8-75.4)^†	10.3 (8.1-12.5)^*
Women	6094	15.7 (14.9-16.5)^*	78.0 (73.7-82.4)^*	10.4 (6.7-14.1)^*	4360	16.7 (15.7-17.7)^*	76.1 (72.5-79.8)^*	16.2 (12.7-19.7)^†	5345	14.7 (13.9-15.5)^†	70.6 (67.5-73.7)^†	9.5 (6.9-12.2)^*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	4802	15.7 (14.9-16.5)^*	78.3 (74.0-82.7)^*	10.1 (6.3-13.9)^*	4220	16.6 (15.6-17.5)^*	76.2 (72.9-79.5)^*	15.6 (12.1-19.1)^†	4891	14.6 (13.8-15.5)^†	70.8 (67.3-74.2)^†	9.1 (6.4-11.9)^*
Non-Hispanic black	3233	17.9 (17.3-18.6)^*	86.4 (82.1-90.6)^*	16.9 (13.3-20.0)^*	1719	19.8 (18.6-21.0)^†	85.9 (82.2-89.7)^*	25.9 (21.5-30.3)^†	2123	17.5 (16.4-18.5)^*	81.9 (78.0-85.9)^†	16.9 (13.4-20.4)^*
Mexican American	3217	15.6 (14.9-16.3)^*	78.0 (72.6-83.4)^*	9.7 (6.7-12.7)^*	2123	17.2 (15.8-18.7)^†	78.7 (74.8-83.7)^*	17.6 (12.7-22.5)^†	2139	15.8 (15.0-16.6)^*	75.8 (71.9-79.7)^*	11.9 (9.5-14.4)^*
Other	481	12.9 (11.1-14.7)^*	63.9 (52.0-75.8)^* ^†	4.3 (1.3-7.3)^*	724	15.4 (13.8-17.1)^†	71.9 (65.1-78.6)^*	12.5 (7.8-17.1)^†	1475	12.6 (11.7-13.6)^*	60.0 (54.1-66.0)^†	5.3 (3.5-7.0)^*
Educational attainment, y
0-11	4318	15.1 (14.5-15.8)^*	75.1 (70.4-79.9)^*	9.0 (5.9-12.1)^*	2617	16.8 (16.0-17.6)^†	76.6 (73.5-79.6)^*	16.6 (13.9-19.3)^†	2822	15.0 (14.5-15.5)^*	72.1 (69.8-74.4)^†	10.4 (8.5-12.3)^*
12	3777	15.9 (15.1-16.6)^*	78.8 (74.6-83.0)^*	10.7 (7.1-14.2)^*	2109	16.9 (16.1-17.8)^†	77.2 (74.1-80.3)^*	16.9 (13.6-20.2)^†	2549	14.9 (14.2-15.6)^‡	71.7 (68.7-74.6)^†	10.1 (7.8-12.4)^*
≥12	3638	15.9 (15.1-16.7)^*	79.0 (74.5-83.5)^*	10.7 (7.0-14.3)^*	4060	16.8 (16.0-17.7)^*	77.1 (74.1-80.1)^*	16.5 (13.3-19.7)^†	5257	14.8 (14.1-15.5)^†	71.1 (68.1-74.1)^†	9.8 (7.4-12.2)^*
Smoking status
Current	3145	16.3 (15.5-17.0)^*	80.5 (76.1-84.8)^*	11.7 (8.0-15.5)^*	2117	17.4 (16.5-18.3)^†	79.1 (76.2-82.0)^*	18.2 (14.7-21.6)^†	2472	15.2 (14.5-16.0)^‡	73.0 (70.0-76.0)^†	10.7 (8.2-13.3)^*
Former	2670	15.0 (14.3-15.7)^*	75.0 (70.4-79.6)^*	8.6 (5.4-11.9)^*	1985	15.8 (15.0-16.6)^*	73.1 (69.9-76.4)^*	13.7 (10.7-16.6)^†	2239	14.4 (13.8-15.1)^†	69.4 (66.7-72.2)^†	8.8 (6.6-11.1)^*
Never	5918	15.8 (15.1-16.5)^*	78.1 (73.8-82.4)^*	10.6 (7.1-14.1)^*	4684	17.1 (16.3-17.9)^†	77.6 (74.7-80.4)^*	17.3 (14.3-20.3)^†	5917	14.9 (14.3-15.5)^‡	71.6 (68.9-74.3)^†	10.0 (7.8-12.2)^*

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Among US adults 20 years or older: NHANES, 1988-1994, 1999-2004, and 2005-2010. P values are presented for difference across the categories of selected covariates within each NHANES. Pairwise P values are presented. All tests were 2-tailed and based on t tests.

The mean usual percentage or prevalence of 10% or more or 25% or more of calories from added sugar across the NHANES surveys that were not sharing a common symbol (*, †, or ‡) were significantly different at P < .05 based on t test.